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Catherine Ahlin-Halverson 
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3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

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
Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 2005
  • California, 2000
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2005
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2000
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
  • Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
  • Minnesota Women Lawyers - Member
  • California State Bar Association - Member
  • Frank Theatre - Board Member
Pro Bono Activities:
  • Catherine has represented California state prisoners in civil rights actions.
  • Catherine represents non-profit organizations in litigation and employment matters.
Classes Taught
  • The Blogging Rage: How blogs can help or hurt your organization, and how you can be in control. What matters. A Maslon speaker series. March 2006
Honors and Awards
  • Minnesota Rising Stars

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).
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