Federal Appeals

Catherine is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, and also attended Cornell Law School.  While at Georgetown, she was one of eight students out of 200 selected through a writing competition for the law journal, "Law & Policy in International Business."  Catherine went on to write two published articles for the journal, and was selected as an Editor for "Law & Policy." Admitted to the Federal Bar in 1991, Catherine has handled both criminal and civil matters before the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for New York, Connecticut and Vermont.  She has worked on cases involving drug trafficking, bank fraud, an international treaty, contracts and civil rights, among others.  One of her most noteworthy cases was a unanimous reversal by the federal appeals court of a federal trial court's decision in "Branum v. Clark," a student right's appeal.  This case was featured on "The New York Law Journal's" front page.

Prior related work experience included a stint as a federal criminal investigator for the Department of Agriculture.  Catherine was the second woman ever to graduate from the Department of Treasury's Criminal Investigator's School, where she studied such areas of federal criminal law as conspiracy and search and seizure.  She also worked as a writer/editor for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) prior to attending law school.  While at DEA, Catherine was awarded the Department of Justice Equal Employment Opportunity Award for her work with women and minorities.  Recently, Catherine has assisted a long distance learning college with their Criminal Justice Associate's degree.

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