Catherine (“Cat”) Sommer, Senior Associate, serves in the Commercial Disputes; Business Transactions; Insurance Defense; and General Litigation practice areas of Stone | Dean, L.L.P. Cat is an attorney with more than two decades of both law firm and non-legal public service experience. She is admitted in both New York and California and has long legal record of success in employment law; family law (divorce, domestic violence); Lanterman Act/disability rights fair hearings; commercial litigation; securities litigation; lemon law; product liability; international contract disputes; insurance defense; and FINRA arbitrations. Her non-legal experience includes coordinating homeless services and domestic violence resources within Los Angeles County. Cat’s trauma-informed care and mediation training make her uniquely skilled at compassionate, non-contentious conflict resolution.
Education:
- St. John’s University School of Law; Juris Doctor; 2000
- Editor/Staff, St. John’s University Law Review; 1998-2000
- SUNY Stony Brook; Bachelor of Arts; Double Major: English and Economics; 1997
- SUNY Stony Brook, English Honors
- Facilitative Mediation Training; 2022
- Trauma-Informed Care Training; 2019
Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Disputes
- Business Transactions
- Business Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- General Litigation
