Labor and Employment Litigation

Union Campaigns

Discovery

Trial Preparation

• Sullivan University, A.A., 1987, Paralegal Studies
• Additional College Credit -  Business Management and Accounting
• Received President's Cup Award for Academic Achievement

Cathy joined the labor and employment practice group at Frost Brown Todd LLC as a litigation paralegal in July 2003.  She has been a litigation paralegal for 24 years.  She became paralegal manager for our Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia offices in 2010.  In that capacity, Cathy is responsible for coordinating paralegal workload needs, and supervising the paralegals, other professionals and project assistants in those offices.

Prior to becoming a paralegal, Cathy worked in management and accounting for several years. She graduated magna cum laude from Sullivan University and participated on their paralegal advisory board for several years following her graduation.  Throughout her career, Cathy has worked primarily in insurance defense, with a focus on trucking industry claims, fire and explosion cases, labor and employment litigation, subrogation and third party recovery.  She has also worked in workers’ compensation, and complex commercial litigation.  She has extensive trial experience.  Cathy obtained her insurance adjuster’s license from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the early 1990s.  Cathy assists with all aspects of litigation of our client’s cases, with a focus on document review and production.  She has participated in several union avoidance campaigns and works closely with the attorneys in our department to prepare them for trials, mediations and arbitrations.   

• Louisville Association of Paralegals-Past President, Board Member and Committee Chair
• Kentucky Paralegal Association
• International Paralegal Management Association, Member Resource Committee

• Involved in annual activities conducted by the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association

Presented at several workers' compensation and trial preparation seminars offered by various legal educators. Panelist in paralegal ethics seminar presented by the Kentucky Paralegal Association.