Katherine was raised in the Irish Catholic enclave of South Boston, where she learned early on the right way to live life - treat people with kindness, work hard and chase after your dreams. Her love of politics and culture began as a young girl, standing on the Boston Common handing out hot chocolates and asking people to vote for her dad for State Senate. She attended high school at Boston Latin Academy in Roxbury, where she fell deeply for the quiet but powerful study of the Classics - the beginning of her journey of intellectual curiosity. As she transitioned to college, Katherine, like so many young people in our country, Katherine became addicted to Oxycontin and for a moment in time, lost her way.

In 2006, she was lucky enough to begin her second chance at life. Katherine moved to Portland, Maine, where she obtained a Bachelors of Classical Studies while working with the City of Portland youth programs. In 2010, while working full time in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, Katherine enrolled in the night program at New England School of Law. She graduated in 2014, passed both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bar exams and began working as a prosecutor in Dorchester Court for the next three years. Along the way, Katherine married her husband Joe, and gave birth to the two loves of her life, Grace Cleary and Joseph Patrick. In 2017, Katherine left the District Attorney’s Office to enter practice with her father, forming Loftus & Loftus PC, handling criminal and civil matters.

Despite her accomplishments, Katherine felt that she needed to challenge herself - both creatively and intellectually. In 2020, she began posting on Tiktok to discuss her political, legal and social analysis, and has created a platform that services nearly 75,000 followers amongs all social media channels. She works as a legal analyst for WBZ Boston, Kiss 108 / IHeart Radio and has appeared on NBC10, Law & Crime, Court TV, Dateline and various podcasts. She also publishes regularly on Substack.

Katherine is launching her podcast, NoteMyObjection, in Summer 2025. She hopes to bring a local, authentic voice to the many issues addressing our society today, to encourage critical thinking, respectful debate, and diversity of thought.

Politics. Life. The Law. Talking about hard stuff in a respectful way.