First Admitted: 2016, Florida

Bar / Professional Activity:

St. Petersburg Bar Association: Current Treasurer; Former Secretary (2023-2024) Director (2021-2022/2022-2023); Chair of the Criminal Law Section (2018-2019/2019-2020/2020-2021)
Tampa Bay Inn of Court: Former Member (2014-2017)
Sarasota Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers: Former Board Member (2016)
Current CLE Chair for the Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (PFAWL): Former Young Lawyers Director/ Pro Bono (2021-2022)
Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL): Current Member
Current Member of the Pinellas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL): Former Secretary (2021/2022); Former Chapter Representative (2019)

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results):

NOT GUILTY VERDICT AFTER TRIAL on misdemeanor battery charge in Pinellas County, Florida. , 2024

Videos:

Justin Schecker from WFLA News Channel 8 covered this story out of Tampa, Florida, regarding a young man facing an aggravated manslaughter charge after punching a customer who called him a racial slur. I had the opportunity to provide legal commentary on this very unfortunate situation., Tampa Police: Dunkin’ customer died after being punched after racial slur, 2021

Pro bono / Community Service:

Honors:

This award is given to a young lawyer (defined as under 36 or in practice for 10 years or less) who has displayed leadership within the bar and exhibits exemplary skill and knowledge in their individual practice area. Further, recipients are those who are committed to the success and development of the legal profession and who exemplify the Creed of Professionalism of The Florida Bar., Rising Star Award, St. Petersburg Bar Assocation
Nominees must be under the age of 36 at the time of the deadline for nominations. Nominees must be a member in good standing with The Florida Bar. Nominees must exemplify the highest standards of professionalism in practice. Nominees must be nominated by at least one other lawyer through the form linked on the YLD website. No self-nominations will be accepted. Multiple Nominators can submit nominations for the same Nominee. Substantively incomplete nominations will not be accepted. Current members of the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Board of Governors and those who served on the YLD Board of Governors during the 2022-2023 year are not eligible for this award., 36 Under 36 Professionalism Award, The Florida Bar, 2024

Educational Background:

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Catherine Henry was featured in an article published by The Tampa Bay Times, following her work with the American Civil Liberties Union to address unaffordable bail and pretrial detention of indigent defendants. https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2021/05/06/a-pinellas-protester-was-in-jail-for-months-a-fight-against-cash-bail-got-him-out/?fbclid=IwAR3UEk__C0c4JsvQfmepKf9rbxuTTPCJrRaJwrTtp15UpIpFbQadSn3wQMw, 2021

Catherine R. Henry