EDUCATION

1974

Catholic University Law School

J.D. with Highest Honors (First in Class)

1966

University of Wisconsin

B.S. with Honors

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1999 -

Present

Law Offices of Catherine R. Mack       

Principal                     

 

My practice is concentrated on estate and other tax planning, trust creation and implementation, life insurance trusts, business succession planning, will preparation, powers of attorney and medical directives, estate administration, real estate transactions and business-related legal advice, often related to privately owned businesses and real estate interests. 

1985 -

1998

Federal Realty Investment Trust

Vice President-General Counsel & Secretary           

 

Chief legal officer of equity real estate investment trust that owns, manages, develops and redevelops retail properties, principally shopping centers, in the Mid-Atlantic corridor, the Chicago metropolitan area and the West Coast. Areas of responsibility included lease negotiation, production and interpretation; contract drafting and negotiation; litigation management; employment law; and various corporate matters. Supervised department of 18 employees.

1980 -

1984

Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia

Assistant United States Attorney                               

 

Appellate and criminal trial experience in more than 60 cases in Superior Court, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Litigated issues of constitutional law, mental health law and rules of procedure and evidence.

1976 -

1980

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson       

Senior Associate, Litigation Department (Washington and New York offices)

 

Specialized in commercial litigation, including securities matters, real estate and general corporate work. Specific areas of experience included negotiation and preparation of construction and real estate contracts and settlement agreements; litigation of real estate, contracts, securities, antitrust and negligence matters in local and national federal and state courts.

1974 -

1976

United States District Court for the District of Columbia 

Clerk for (former Chief) Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr.    

 

Responsible for handling the judge’s civil calendar, which included reviewing submitted pleadings, coordinating with counsel, writing briefing memoranda to the judge, drafting opinions, witnessing civil hearings and trials, and interacting with other judges and their clerks.

1969-

1972

Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Policewoman

 

Plainclothes officer in Youth Division and then in Anacostia and Georgetown. Handled criminal matters involving children under 18, as defendants in criminal cases or victims of abuse, from investigation through arrest and trial.

BAR ADMISSIONS

1975

District of Columbia Bar

1999

Maryland Bar

1976

United States District Court, District of Columbia

1976

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia - June 1976

MEMBERSHIPS

Phi Kappa Phi - 1966

American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar and Maryland Bar

American Corporate Counsel Association

Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland

International Council of Shopping Centers

Real Property and Probate Section of American Bar Association

Estates and Trusts Law Sections of Maryland Bar and Bar Association of Montgomery County

Estates, Trust and Probate Section of the District of Columbia Bar

FACULTY POSITIONS

American Corporate Counsel Association (various programs)

Georgetown Continuing Legal Education, Seminar on Commercial Lease Negotiations

Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers

International Council of Shopping Centers Law Conference

Urban Land Institute