Catherine is a Minnesota Bar Association Certified Criminal Law Specialist and has been practicing criminal defense exclusively since 2005. She has had over 50 trials and conducted hundreds of evidentiary, motions, or suppression hearings in state and federal court. As a former public defender and longtime federal practitioner, she has spent thousands of hours in the courtroom sparring with prosecutors, cross-examining witnesses, persuading judges, and connecting with jurors. She has written thousands of pages of briefs and sentencing memoranda. She knows what it takes to litigate a case and has success winning in trial, getting charges dismissed before trial, and convincing judges to reduce or mitigate sentences to her client’s benefit when there is a conviction.