Special Counsel

Denver

Direct: 303.253.6755

Office: 303.253.6740

cwarren@buchalter.com

Bar Admissions

Colorado, Massachusetts

Overview

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Catherine Warren is a Special Counsel in the Firm’s Denver office and a member of the Litigation practice group. Ms. Warren focuses her practice on government and administrative matters and commercial litigation. She has experience with state attorneys general investigation and litigation, including multistate enforcement actions. In addition, she assists clients in environmental litigation matters and provides counsel on regulatory issues related to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, California’s Prop 65, emerging issues related to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as well as state and local level requirements.

Previously Ms. Warren worked with pharmaceutical, health care, and biotech startup companies on a range of legal issues. While in law school, Catherine served as a law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Tort Claims Act Section, and interned with Administrative Law Judge Antoinette Eates at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • Current counsel in a major multistate State AG investigation involving consumer protection and financial services.
  • Represented chemical companies in lawsuit defending claims brought by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under the New Jersey Spill Act and Industrial Sites Recovery Act leading to settlement.
  • Advised products companies in the management of environmental risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the United States.
  • Represented financial institution in a lawsuit involving Colorado Consumer Protection Act claims.
  • Represented authors and publishers in action against Florida county school board alleging First Amendment violations resulting from banned books in public schools.
  • Represented class action plaintiffs in lawsuit against Oklahoma county officials involving allegations related to debtor’s prison.
  • Represented storage company in breach of real estate purchase agreement involving hazardous chemicals.
  • Represented CEO in a separation dispute involving allegations of breach of contract, disparagement, defamation, and unfair competition.
  • Represented investment entities and founders in contract dispute involving claims related to material breaches of the partnership agreement.

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Massachusetts

Education

  • Washington College of Law at American University, J.D.

    Served as Senior Note & Comment Editor of the American University Law Review.

  • Syracuse University, B.A. in Public Policy Analysis

  • American Bar Association
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Colorado Women’s Bar Association
  • Outdoor Industry Association

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