Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Katherine (Katie) Pothier joined the Rangers organization as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in September 2016.
Pothier has over 25 years of legal experience, starting her 14th season working in professional baseball. She has the unique experience of serving as the head legal officer for two professional baseball teams through construction of their new ballparks and ancillary development. Pothier previously served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the San Diego Padres from 2002-2010, through construction and opening of its ballpark, PETCO Park, in 2004. Pothier oversees all legal functions for the team and its affiliates including REV Entertainment. She also has extensive interaction with the Rangers’ baseball, finance, business operations, minor league affiliates, real estate development and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation. Pothier is an important advisor on all aspects of the team’s baseball and non-baseball business as well as its many development projects in the Arlington Entertainment District. Pothier also advises the team on all corporate matters, joint ventures, acquisitions, organizational structuring, strategic planning, risk management, international affairs and litigation.
Pothier serves on Major League Baseball’s Diversity Pipeline Program Committee, an initiative focused on improving the recruitment and development of diverse and female employees for leadership roles in baseball operations departments of MLB’s Clubs. Pothier is also an Executive Advisor on the Rangers’ Inclusion and Community Impact Council.
Pothier’s wide-ranging work for the team was recognized in 2019 when Pothier was selected by D Magazine as one of the 500 most influential business leaders in North Texas, and as 2019 Corporate Counsel of the Year.
Pothier is committed to her community, serving as a Board Member for the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (Red River Region) and for the Texas Council on Family Violence. Pothier has served previously as a Board Chair and Board Member and volunteer for the Make-A-Wish Foundation for more than ten years.
Before coming to Texas, Pothier spent six years as a Partner with Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP in San Diego. Prior to joining the Padres, she worked in private practice specializing in civil litigation and white-collar criminal litigation for more than ten years.
Katie is a native of New Jersey and earned both a B.A. in History and her J.D. from Rutgers University. Katie and her husband Mark, have two children, Abigail (18) and Mark Jr. (15).