Katina Zampas

Associate in Dykema’s San Antonio Office

By Blithe Wiley

Photography by David Teran

Katina Zampas began honing her ‘Type A’ personality as a Southern California competitive tennis player at the tender age of eight. She continued competing through college at the University of Hartford, where she was a scholarship Division I athlete. She always knew she wanted to go to law school, because litigation was a natural career choice to channel her competitive spirit. When she and her husband moved to San Antonio to be closer to his family, she enrolled in St. Mary’s School of Law.

 

After graduating law school second in her class and passing the bar, she joined Dykema’s San Antonio office as an associate in September 2019. At Dykema, Zampas primarily practices labor and employment litigation. 

“We work with employers to develop the policies and practices that define their work environment and mitigate risk and defend clients in actions brought by current or former employees,” Zampas explained. “Our work covers numerous areas – such as recruitment, hiring, wage and hour, disability accommodation, harassment, discrimination and retaliation. We handle a diverse mix of employment litigation matters, and we advocate for employers in mediation, arbitration and litigation.”

Zampas noted that working for Dykema has afforded her opportunities to work with inspiring senior attorneys and very large clients, which in turn allows her to impact many employees.

“A career in law can be suited to all types of personalities and interests,” she emphasized. “There are so many different types of law that women specialize in – many more than people often realize.”

She noted that the legal profession has come a long way in recent years in terms of female representation. “I strongly encourage more women to pursue a legal career so that we can continuously have better representation of women in the profession,” she said.