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Areas of Focus

Catherine Ward is a litigation associate in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office. Catherine helps represent clients in a variety of industries, including health care and technology. Her experience encompasses matters involving federal appeals, ERISA, and Attorney General actions and proceedings. She also maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on constitutional issues.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, Catherine completed judicial clerkships with the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia. She has also worked as a voluntary assistant editor for the Journal of Supreme Court History and as a law and policy researcher for the University of Virginia School of Law Education Rights Institute. 

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals, Third and Sixth Circuits

Education

  • University of Virginia, J.D., Order of the Coif:  Editorial Board Member, Virginia Law Review; Assistant Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law
  • University of Cambridge, MPhil, Education: with distinction; Staff, Cambridge Open Review Education Research Journal (CORERJ)
  • Duke University, B.A., English: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Activities

Judicial Clerkships

  • The Honorable D. Brooks Smith, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • The Honorable Norman K. Moon, US District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Internships

  • US Department of Justice, Civil Division
  • Georgetown County Government Administration