Catherine is a litigation associate in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses primarily on product liability and mass torts, with a particular emphasis on pre-trial strategy and motion practice in California and state trial courts. She has served as an instrumental member of law-and-motion teams defending clients in complex and high-profile mass tort proceedings.

Catherine has extensive pro bono experience in criminal defense and death penalty matters. She has authored briefs on novel legal issues under California’s murder-resentencing laws and constitutional challenges to death qualification of capital juries. Her briefing secured the release of a juvenile offender sentenced to 80-years-to-life for an offense committed at age 14.