Catherine was previously an intellectual property associate at two law firms in Chicago. She received her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating cum laude, with a certificate in Intellectual Property Law. While in school, she served as the president of the Intellectual Property Law Society, was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review and the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, and received the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Legal Writing III, Patent Litigation, and Property Law.