Katherine C. Norris

Katie Norris is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Healthcare Risk Management & Advisory practice. Ms. Norris has more than 25 years of experience in corporate governance and compliance. Specializing in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and healthcare industries, Ms. Norris’ expertise includes fraud and abuse compliance audits and investigations, compliance program effectiveness evaluations and risk assessment and mitigation.

Ms. Norris is an advisor, expert witness, corporate monitor and former industry compliance officer. Drawing upon her extensive real-world experience, she advises chief compliance officers and legal counsel on all aspects of compliance program development, implementation, management and oversight. She also supports corporate boards of directors’ governance and oversight obligations with investigations, mergers and acquisitions, enforcement decrees and compliance program effectiveness.

Ms. Norris assists counsel as a subject-matter expert in private and government-led litigation, compliance investigations, assessments and monitorships. She has served as the lead expert for Independent Review Organization (“IRO”) monitorships and as an expert witness in complex federal and state litigation matters involving healthcare and regulatory compliance, corporate investigation, compliance operations and healthcare fraud and abuse risk management, including in cases brought by qui tam relators in which the U.S. government declined to intervene.

Ms. Norris has led numerous comprehensive internal investigations and supported life sciences and healthcare companies through dozens of investigations initiated by government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Norris served as a Senior Managing Director at Ankura, where she led the Life Sciences segment within the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Disputes and Economics practice. Ms. Norris holds an M.P.A. with a concentration in Public Policy and Law from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a B.A. in Telecommunications and Film from The University of Alabama.