Kate Todd

Kate Comerford Todd is an American lawyer who is a partner at Torridon Law PLLC. She served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to President Donald Trump, advising the president on judicial selection. Earlier in her career, Todd served as Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush, senior vice president and chief counsel of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.

Education and clerkships Todd graduated from Cornell University in 1996. She earned a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. In 2024, she joined Torridon Law as a partner as part of a group that included former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and former Deputy White House Counsel Pat Philbin.

Trump administration and Supreme Court shortlist On February 2, 2019, the White House announced that Todd would serve as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. SCOTUSblog listed Todd, then deputy White House counsel, among the 20 additions. She also serves on the board of directors of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C.