Catherine Matous

Catherine is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and international arbitration. She represents clients in federal and state courts, as well as before international arbitral tribunals, on a variety of issues including contract disputes, international business, employment disputes, and foreign sovereign litigation.

Catherine has engaged in strategy planning and execution across all stages of litigation and dispute resolution, with specific experience in dispositive motion practice, fact investigation, written and document discovery, injunctive and emergency relief, and third-party practice. 

Catherine is active in Steptoe's pro bono practice, with a focus on prisoners' rights. While in law school, Catherine was a legal intern for the U.S. Department of Energy. She was also the Senior Executive Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law.