Katherine M. Bulfer

Practice Areas

• Medical Malpractice Defense

• Professional Liability

• Insurance Defense

• General Liability
• Appellate Practice

After graduating from Purdue University in 2000, she spent almost three years working for FirmLogic, a litigation support company, as a Medical Research Analyst. She then attended Norman Adrian Wiggins Schools of Law at Campbell University, graduating in 2006, magna cum laude. She was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar the same year. Katie practiced with a mid-sized Raleigh firm, Manning, Fulton & Skinner, P.A., from 2006 through October 2011. There, she focused her practice on medical malpractice defense, professional liability, contract and real estate disputes, and appellate practice.

Katie joined Northup McConnell & Sizemore in October 2011 where she concentrates her practice on medical malpractice defense, insurance defense, and general liability cases. Katie takes pride in representing doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers against medical malpractice claims. Her science and medical background enable her to work effectively with experts and develop solid causation defenses.

Having grown up in the flat land of Indiana, Katie appreciates everything Asheville has to offer. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, exercising, hiking, local festivals, and, most importantly, spending quality time with her husband, three children, and handsome Golden Retriever, Brinkley.

Memberships

• North Carolina Bar Association
• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute

Reported Cases and Publications

• 42 East, LLC v. D.R. Horton, Inc., No. COA10-1570 (awaiting decision from North Carolina Court of Appeals)
• CRLP Durham, LP v. Durham City/County Bd. of Adjustment, 706 S.E.2d 317 (N.C. App. 2011)
• Gaines v. Cumberland County Hospital System, 195 N.C. App. 442, 672 S.E.2d 713 (2009), on rehearing, 692 S.E.2d 119 (N.C. App. 2010)
• Floyd v. Allen, 193 N.C. App. 610, 670 S.E.2d 645 (2008) (unpublished disposition)
• Katherine M. Bulfer.; "Comment: Childhood Vaccinations and Autism: Does the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Leave Parents of Child with Autism out in the Cold with Nowhere to Go?," 27 Campbell. L. Rev. 91 (Fall, 2004).

Education

• Purdue University (B.S. Biology, 2000)
• Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (J.D., Magna cum laude, 2006)
• Managing Editor, Campbell Law Review (2004-2005)
• Order of Barristers (2006)
• Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Honorable Mention Oralist (2006)