Boardman Law Firm

Catherine Cetrangolo

Litigation • Appellate Advocacy and Federal Court Practice • Local Counsel for Patent Litigation

Cathy conducts all types of litigation with an emphasis on complex federal court litigation and appellate advocacy.

Interesting Fact

• Cathy once appeared in a Ramones music video

Experience

• Served two years as a judicial law clerk to Chief Judge Barbara B. Crabb, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• Has practiced extensively in numerous federal and state courts, including:
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Judicial Panel for Multi-District Litigation
• Various U.S. District Courts throughout the country
• Wisconsin state court at all levels
• Has served as lead and local counsel in dozens of patent cases and other disputes venued in the Western District of Wisconsin and is well-versed in its local procedures

Education

• J.D. Ohio State University College of Law
• Order of the Coif, OSU Law Review (Articles Editor); recipient of the prestigious Frank R. Strong Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy Award and Prize
• B.S. New York University School of Business
• Recipient of various merit and need-based scholarships

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Western District Bar Association
• Dane County Bar Association
• Barrister, James E. Doyle Chapter of the American Inns of Court

Representative Federal Cases

• Mommsen v. Toyota (W.D. Wis.) - co-counsel for plantiff in a crashworthiness case that resulted in a favorable liability verdict against Toyota after an 11-day jury trial in which the jury found Toyota negligent in its design and testing of its passenger restraint system (the case settled before the damages phase of the trial)
• Vehicle IP v. GM Corp., et al. (W.D. Wis.) - local counsel in patent dispute concerning turn-by-turn navigation software that ended in successful summary judgment, which was upheld on appeal
• Eppendorf v. Bio-Rad (W.D. Wis.) - local counsel in patent dispute concerning thermal gradient heating devices used for DNA applications and PCR analysis that ended in a favorable settlement
• Digene v. Third Wave Technologies (W.D. Wis.) - local counsel for Digene in patent dispute concerning HPV diagnostic for cervical cancer
• 3M v. Kerr Corp. (W.D. Wis) - local counsel for 3M in patent dispute concerning dental composite materials that ended in a favorable settlement
• Payday Loans v. City of Madison (W.D. Wis.) - lead defense counsel in 14th Amendment lawsuit ending in successful summary judgment
• Baker v. Pro Floor (W.D. Wis.) - lead defense counsel in Title VII dispute that ended in successful summary judgment
• Balogun v. Capitol Indemnity (W.D. Wis.) - lead defense counsel in Title VII dispute that ended in voluntary dismissal after moving to dismiss
• O'Hern v. Brown County (E.D. Wis.) - lead defense counsel in suit involving due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment that ended in favorable settlement
• Baldozier v. American Family (D. Colo./MDL) - lead defense counsel in nationwide collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Ole Mexican Foods v. Latino Foods (W.D. Wis./7th Cir.) - successful summary judgment on 16 claims and, later, $1 million jury verdict, both upheld on appeal

U.S. Supreme Court Cases

• Volvo Trucks N.A. v. Reeder-Simco (U.S. Supreme Court) - authored amicus brief on behalf of National Automobile Dealers Association involving antitrust law under the Robinson-Patman Act
• Ovadal v. City of Madison (U.S. Supreme Court) - authored brief in opposition to petition for certiorari involving free-speech rights under the First Amendment
• American Family v. Smith (U.S. Supreme Court) - authored petition for certiorari involving class-action rights under the Fourteenth Amendment

This is not a comprehensive list; please contact Cathy for additional information.