Catherine is a management-side employment litigator who represents clients in the full range of employment matters, including:
- discrimination suits (ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Title VII, Section 1981)
- wrongful termination suits
- restrictive covenant litigation
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act discrimination complaints
- counseling and litigation avoidance
- regulatory compliance (ADA, ADEA, COBRA, FLSA, FMLA, HIPAA, OSHA)
- reductions-in-force
Catherine has been lead counsel in a number of reported cases, including:
- Rose Hancox v. Lockheed Martin Technology Services, et al., 2007 WL 1796248 (D.N.J., June 21, 2007)
- Sandra Kasali v. JP Morgan/Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, No. CIV. A. 04-500, 2005 WL 2989299 (E.D. Pa., November 7, 2005)
- Edith Johnson v. Chase Home Finance, 309 F.Supp.2d 667 (E.D. Pa. 2004)
In addition, Catherine counsels colleges and universities regarding student disability and harassment issues, and represents institutions of higher learning in discrimination litigation.
Catherine's leadership roles within the firm include:
- Hiring Partner
- Chair, Recruitment Committee
- Member, Diversity Committee
At the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Catherine received the Herman Lazarus Prize for Labor and Employment Law. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Comparative Labor Law Journal, in which she published an article about the NAFTA Labor Side Agreements.
Catherine currently serves as Chair for the Board of Trustees of the Women's Law Project. She has lectured at numerous continuing education seminars for human resource professionals and accountants on topics including:
- Americans with Disabilities Act Update and Accomodation Issues
- Managing Leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Responding to Harassment Complaints
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Blog
Catherine is the author of Fox Rothschild's FMLA Blog, which discusses changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and tracks the developments that employers and human resources professionals need to know to determine how the law will affect their businesses and their employees.
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• Selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star by Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine, 2006