Catherine Grech

Associate

Catherine Grech helps clients—from small businesses and startups to Fortune 500 companies—navigate California's complex employment law landscape across a diverse set of industries, including media, technology, retail, entertainment, and financial services. She defends employers against class, collective, and individual plaintiff actions in state and federal courts, including alleged wage-and-hour violations, employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, and unfair competition.

Catherine frequently represents employers in employee mobility matters involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants, and she has successfully prosecuted and defended cases alleging trade secret misappropriation and data theft. In addition to litigating, Catherine conducts sensitive and high-profile internal investigations into allegations of malfeasance and sexual harassment, and she provides strategic advice on a broad range of employment matters.

Practice Highlights

Wage and hour class actions

Defending against numerous wage and hour class, collective, and representative actions, in federal and state court, particularly involving claims relating to independent contractor status, misclassification, and unpaid overtime, meal and rest breaks, expense reimbursement, and off-the-clock work.

Single-plaintiff litigation

Defending employers against lawsuits alleging wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage claims, in federal and state court, as well as before California and federal administrative agencies.

Internal investigations

Conducted sensitive, high-profile workplace investigations related to allegations of employee misconduct, policy violations, and workplace harassment and discrimination.

*Denotes experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine

Admitted to Practice

California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California

Education

J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2013
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007

Memberships & Affiliations

- Los Angeles Board Member, Peer Health Exchange, 2018-present
- Loyola Law School, "Byrne" Trial Advocacy, Coach 2017, Advisor 2015-present
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, 2016 Symposium Committee

Background

- Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles
- Associate, Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles
- Teacher, Teach for America, New York City Department of Education, M346

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