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    Catherine Sens Napolitano

    Associate
    Catherine is an Associate with the firm. Her practice focuses on all aspects of general business law including litigating commercial disputes as well as counseling clients on best business practices, drafting contracts, and handling informal dispute resolution. Her commercial litigation practice focuses on litigating commercial disputes in both state and federal courts including those involving franchise relationship disputes, construction disputes, claims of employee misconduct involving trade secret violations, unfair trade practices, non-compete violations, invasion of privacy, employment disputes as well as defending life, health and disability insurance and ERISA claims, fidelity and commercial crime claims, securities litigation and employment claims. Catherine’s franchise law experience is expansive and diverse extending into both regulatory compliance and litigation. Her regulatory experience includes analyzing state and federal regulations on franchise sales and relationships, drafting franchise disclosure documents, facilitating franchisor registration for sales in franchise-registration states, counseling on regulatory compliance matters and best practices to ensure compliance, and regularly communicating with state regulators across the country to ensure regulatory compliance. Her franchise dispute experience is similarly diverse having represented both franchisors and franchisees in established and startup franchise systems to resolving franchise relationship disputes. Catherine is a native of New Orleans. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Louisiana State University and her J.D. from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While in law school, Catherine was a Junior Associate (2012-2013) and a Senior Online Articles Editor (2013-2014) for the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources. Prior to beginning her practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge James J. Brady, United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
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    ADMISSIONS:

    • Louisiana, 2014

    EDUCATION:

    • Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. (J.D., cum laude, 2014)
    • Louisiana State University (B.A. in Political Science, 2011)

    CLERKSHIP:

    • Law clerk to the Honorable James J. Brady, United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, (2014-2015)

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

    • Louisiana State Bar Association
    • Federal Bar Association
    • American Bar Association

    RECOGNITION:

    • CALI Award in Contracts, Federal Complex Litigation and Ethics in Litigation Seminar
    • Chancellor’s Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award
    • Leadership LSU Class of 2011
    • Tiger Twelve Class of 2011

    COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP:

    • Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the Greater New Orleans Area (CADA), Board Member
    • Young Leadership Council, Member
    • Volunteer LSU: Civil and Social Awareness Chair
    • LSU Ambassadors
    • Main Telephone: 504.799.4500 | Fax: 504.799.4520
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