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Catherine Ahlin-Halverson 
Partner

Phone: 612.672.8314
Fax: 612.642.8314
email: catherine.ahlin@maslon.com

Catherine Ahlin-Halverson practices in Maslon's Litigation and Labor & Employment Groups.  She represents business entities and individuals in complex and class action litigation, and has successfully represented clients in multiple state and federal jurisdictions, including in courts in Minnesota, California, Tennessee, and Illinois.  In addition, Catherine has experience with and expertise in complex discovery issues, including electronic discovery.  Catherine is a 2000 graduate of Columbia Law School where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She graduated cum laude from Smith College in 1996 with a B.A. in music. 

Areas of Practice
  • Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Labor & Employment
  • Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
Education
  • Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 2000, J.D.
    Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    Law Journal: Columbia-Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Journal of Law and the Arts
  • Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1996, B.A.
    Honors: Cum Laude
    Honors: Ida Deck Haigh Music Prize
    Honors: Ernst Wallfisch Music Prize
    Major: Music

Experience

  • Paulson, et al. v. 3M, C2-04-6309 (State of Minnesota, Washington County District Court) Defeated motion seeking class certification of a 67,000 member putative class claiming chemical exposure via drinking water contamination (2007) and obtained a defense verdict on the merits after a seven-week jury trial (2009).

Extended Bio

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