New York Mets Recruit New Legal Chief Pothier From Texas Rangers

April 1, 2022, 8:50 PM UTC

Major League Baseball’s New York Mets will soon have a new top lawyer in Katherine Pothier, who is leaving her post as general counsel for the Texas Rangers.

Pothier will make somewhat of a homecoming as she is a New Jersey native and graduate of Rutgers Law School. She confirmed in an email that she’ll transition to chief legal officer for the Mets later this month.

She takes over a role that longtime Mets legal chief David Cohen vacated last year, following an internal workplace review conducted by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. The investigation focused on allegations of ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:

See Breaking News in Context

Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.