Katherine Loanzon, Esq., is a Managing Director at Kinney Recruiting where she matches attorneys to law firm and in-house opportunities in New York and Nationwide. Prior to joining Kinney Recruiting, Katherine was an Attorney Search Director and Division Director of another legal recruitment agency in New York City where she was a top producing recruiter quickly promoted to the top role in her office. Katherine has good judgment, is driven to work hard for her clients and candidates, and knows how to be aggressive without pushing too hard.

Before entering the world of legal recruitment, Katherine worked as an attorney, advising start-ups and food businesses in New York City. Her clients ranged from a coding academy to restaurants, bars, and bakeries. For one international client, she even built a bakery in the West Village “from scratch.” A native of New York City, Katherine comes from a family of immigrant entrepreneurs. Her father and uncles ran a Chinese bakery ,started by her grandfather, in New York’s Chinatown for over 40 years until 2007. She’s on the constant search for the perfect sesame bagel.

Katherine received her JD from City University of New York School of Law and she earned her BA in Romance Languages from New York University. An avid traveler, Katherine enjoys visiting places with rich cultural histories and digging in as deeply as she can to that history while visiting. As of 2018, Katherine has visited over thirty countries.

Katherine is conversant in Cantonese and proficient in Spanish.