Cathryn M.Johns
Associate
Commercial Litigation
cjohns@seyfarth.com
Cat litigates a variety of high-stakes commercial disputes, leveraging experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop practical and tailored solutions for clients.
More About Cat
Cat maintains a diverse complex commercial litigation practice, navigating high-stakes matters across a wide range of industries. She has particular experience in contract, business tort, franchise, and health care disputes. Cat leverages her legal experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to achieve practical and tailored legal solutions for her clients.
Cat’s experience spans jurisdictions nationwide, and she effectively manages cases of all sizes from pre-suit to appeal. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for multinational law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Drawing on her broad, cross-state experience, Cat is adept at understanding and addressing her clients’ unique legal needs.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their long-term goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
Cat’s experience spans jurisdictions nationwide, and she effectively manages cases of all sizes from pre-suit to appeal. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for multinational law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Drawing on her broad, cross-state experience, Cat is adept at understanding and addressing her clients’ unique legal needs.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their long-term goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
- JD, University of Arkansas School of Law
Summa cum laude, third in class
Arkansas Law Review, editor
moot court (National Appellate Advocacy Competition)
Civil Litigation Clinic - BA, Hendrix College
Summa cum laude, with distinction
Psi Chi Honors Society
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- Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (The Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd)
- Massachusetts
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Cat litigates a variety of high-stakes commercial disputes, leveraging experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop practical and tailored solutions for clients.
More About Cat
Cat maintains a diverse complex commercial litigation practice, navigating high-stakes matters across a wide range of industries. She has particular experience in contract, business tort, franchise, and health care disputes. Cat leverages her legal experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to achieve practical and tailored legal solutions for her clients.
Cat’s experience spans jurisdictions nationwide, and she effectively manages cases of all sizes from pre-suit to appeal. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for multinational law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Drawing on her broad, cross-state experience, Cat is adept at understanding and addressing her clients’ unique legal needs.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their long-term goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
Cat’s experience spans jurisdictions nationwide, and she effectively manages cases of all sizes from pre-suit to appeal. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for multinational law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Drawing on her broad, cross-state experience, Cat is adept at understanding and addressing her clients’ unique legal needs.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their long-term goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
- JD, University of Arkansas School of Law
Summa cum laude, third in class
Arkansas Law Review, editor
moot court (National Appellate Advocacy Competition)
Civil Litigation Clinic - BA, Hendrix College
Summa cum laude, with distinction
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- Massachusetts
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