Overview Catherine Faubion litigates product liability, toxic tort, environmental coverage and employment cases. She represents companies in asbestos, silica, chemical and cotton dust litigation, respiratory protection products such as masks and respirators, roofing materials, drilling fluids, induction furnaces, and industrial machinery.
Catherine also handles cases involving the defense of employers in labor and employment cases, Texas non-subscriber claims, and insurance-related matters including environmental coverage claims. |
Representative Experience
- Represented Fortune 500 manufacturer of respiratory protection products in asbestos and silica litigation in Texas.
- Represented manufacturer of induction furnaces who was sued in asbestos and silica cases in Texas.
- Represented manufacturer of industrial sewing machines who was sued in cotton dust cases in south Texas.
- Obtained dismissal from case of roofing manufacturer client improperly sued in a case involving a mesothelioma claim.
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Professional and Community Activities
- Light the Night Executive Committee for the North Texas Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – 2004, 2005, 2006
- Leadership Dallas 2007
- Shakespeare Dallas, Board of Directors, 2008 – 2009
- Dallas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
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Speeches and Presentations
- Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Fall 2000. Catherine assisted Hildy Bowbeer, Senior Counsel, 3M Corporation, with a paper entitled “Component Suppliers: Drawing Common Sense Boundaries for Liability.”
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Professional Recognition
- “AV” Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubble.
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| Industry-Specific Biographies Education - University of Houston Law Center, J.D., Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity
- Rice University, B.A., Political Science
Bar Admissions - Texas, 1991
- United States District Court Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
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