Catherine L. Campbell

Director

Catherine L. Campbell is a versatile and experienced appellate attorney whose practice is focused on commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She has represented clients in more than 100 cases in state and federal courts of appeal.

Contact

Catherine L. Campbell
Director

clcampbell@phillipsmurrah.com

Oklahoma City
405.235.4100 Main
405.606.4788 Direct
405.235.4133 Fax

Practice Areas

Appellate Law
Class Actions and Collective Actions
Commercial Litigation
Labor and Employment
Oil and Natural Gas Litigation
Workers' Compensation

Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Catherine Campbell’s practice involves litigation in both state and federal district and appellate courts representing clients in a wide range of matters including complex commercial litigation and labor and employment. She has defended class-action and collective actions. She has also represented law enforcement agencies before state courts of appeals in civil rights actions.

Cathy served as law clerk to the Honorable Jerome A. Holmes, Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2006 to 2008.

She served as the co-chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association Appellate Practice Section in 2002. She has authored several articles for the Oklahoma Bar Association and led continuing legal education seminars on appellate practice.

Born in Boulder, Colorado, and raised in small-town Colorado, Cathy lives in Oklahoma City.

EDUCATION

University of Colorado (B.A., 1987)
University of Oklahoma (J.D., with Distinction, 1991)

ADMISSIONS

1991, Oklahoma
1992, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
2004, U.S. Supreme Court

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Oklahoma Bar Association
American Bar Association

Experience

EXPERIENCE

Represented clients in more than 100 cases in state and federal courts of appeal
Arnold Oil Props., LLC v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp., 672 F. 3d 1202 (10th Cir. 2012)
Trainor v. Apollo Metal Specialties, Inc., 318 F. 3d 976 (10th Cir. 2002)
Miami Bus. Servs., LLC v. Davis, 2013 OK 20
Thompson v. State ex rel Bd. of Trustees of Okla. Pub. Employees Retirement Sys., 2011 OK 89
Erbar v. Rare Hospitality Int’l, Inc., 2013 OK CIV APP 109

EXPERTISE

Skilled in writing appellate briefs and delivering oral arguments in federal circuit courts of appeal
Responsible for all facets of trial preparation in state and federal courts, including substantive brief writing
Extensive experience includes the knowledge of labor and employment, banking, medical malpractice, insurance, commercial transactions and taxation matters
Represented defendant clients in a number of class action certification hearings involving a major automotive manufacturer, the manufacturer of protective armor used by police departments, and pharmaceutical product manufacturers and commercial settings
Represented defendant clients in a number of FLSA collective actions.

Recognition

RECOGNITION

Martindale-Hubbell BV® Distinguished™
Best Lawyers®: Commercial Litigation (2019-present)
Best Lawyers®: Litigation - Labor and Employment (2020)

Publications

Catherine L. Campbell

Director

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