Cathryn M.Johns
Associate
Commercial Litigation
cjohns@seyfarth.com
Cathryn litigates a variety of commercial disputes, leveraging experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop tailored solutions to client concerns.
More About Cat
Cat maintains a diverse commercial litigation practice, navigating legal gray areas across practice groups and industries. She leverages her legal experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop tailored legal solutions for her clients.
Cat has experience in jurisdictions across the country, handling matters of all sizes and at all stages. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for national law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She draws on her first-hand, cross-state knowledge to address her clients’ particular legal needs and circumstances. Throughout her career, Cat has helped clients navigate difficult and high-stakes legal matters, serving as the primary associate in franchise, business tort, and other commercial disputes.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their ultimate goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
Cat has experience in jurisdictions across the country, handling matters of all sizes and at all stages. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for national law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She draws on her first-hand, cross-state knowledge to address her clients’ particular legal needs and circumstances. Throughout her career, Cat has helped clients navigate difficult and high-stakes legal matters, serving as the primary associate in franchise, business tort, and other commercial disputes.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their ultimate 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
Clerkships
- Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (The Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd)
- Massachusetts
- US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
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Cathryn litigates a variety of commercial disputes, leveraging experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop tailored solutions to client concerns.
More About Cat
Cat maintains a diverse commercial litigation practice, navigating legal gray areas across practice groups and industries. She leverages her legal experience, creativity, and tenaciousness to develop tailored legal solutions for her clients.
Cat has experience in jurisdictions across the country, handling matters of all sizes and at all stages. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for national law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She draws on her first-hand, cross-state knowledge to address her clients’ particular legal needs and circumstances. Throughout her career, Cat has helped clients navigate difficult and high-stakes legal matters, serving as the primary associate in franchise, business tort, and other commercial disputes.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their ultimate goals. Clients know that they can rely on her empathy, grit, and wit at each step of the litigation process.
Cat has experience in jurisdictions across the country, handling matters of all sizes and at all stages. Prior to joining Seyfarth, she worked for national law firms in Boston and Kansas City and clerked at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She draws on her first-hand, cross-state knowledge to address her clients’ particular legal needs and circumstances. Throughout her career, Cat has helped clients navigate difficult and high-stakes legal matters, serving as the primary associate in franchise, business tort, and other commercial disputes.
Cat balances persistence and flexibility, advocating for her clients’ legal objectives without losing sight of their ultimate 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
Clerkships
- Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (The Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd)
- Massachusetts
- US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
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- Co-Author, "Franchise & Distribution," 2024 Commercial Litigation Outlook, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 2024)
- Co-Author, "FTC Pumps Brakes on CARS Rule, At Least For Now," Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 25, 2024)
- Co-Author, "FTC Targets Bait-And-Switch Tactics And Hidden Fees With Rule For New Car Dealers," Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 13, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Ford Eases EV Requirements After Latest Litigation Setback," Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 5, 2023)
- Author, “California Weighs Formal Penalties for Attempts to Enforce Restrictive Covenants,” Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 25, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Recent Changes to Virginia Dealer Act Target Manufacturer Websites and Digital Communications," Legal Update: Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 12, 2023)
- Co-Author, "Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Lawsuit Challenging OEM “Destination Charges” As Deceptive," Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 6, 2023)
- Co-Author, “Federal Court Determines that Garden Leave Payments Under Massachusetts Non-Compete Law Are Not Wages, Limiting Former Employees’ Leverage Under Wage Act,” Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 8, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "Navigating the Intersection of Non-Compete Agreements and Employee Mobility," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 20, 2024)
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