Catherine S.
Owens

Catherine has substantial experience representing clients across all aspects of complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.

She maintains a diverse practice, which has included matters involving breach of contract, tortious interference, fraud, securities fraud, RICO, trust and estate litigation, patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and class actions. She has experience as both first and second trial chair, and has successfully represented both individuals and corporations in federal and state jury trials, state bench trials, arbitrations, and appeals to the Ninth Circuit and California appellate courts.

While Catherine is often opposing litigators far her senior, she has developed creative litigation strategies that have led to significant client wins – both before and at trial. Catherine listens to her clients and then does everything in her power to achieve their desired outcome. But what sets Catherine apart is that she becomes personally involved with the business interests of her clients because she truly cares about their success. Her clients know that she is in it with them.

Before joining Larson, Catherine was a litigator at a large international law firm in Los Angeles, where she focused primarily on patent and commercial litigation. In addition, after working in private practice for a few years, she served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap in the Eastern District of Texas from 2018-2019. As a clerk, she worked on a variety of cases – many of which went to trial – including breach of FRAND, patent infringement, and employment discrimination. She also accompanied and assisted Judge Gilstrap on four cases (one civil, one criminal, and two immigration) when he sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by designation in Pasadena.

Higher Education Honors and Achievements

• Anna Pell Wheeler Award for Excellence in Mathematics