Catherine N. Summa

Catherine represents individuals and businesses in a variety of complex litigation matters, including employment disputes, internal investigations, and commercial real estate cases.

A former Captain in the United States Army’s Military Police Corps, Catherine is solutions-oriented and approaches each matter with a strategy tailored to the unique needs of every client.

Catherine is a member of the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys, and the Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF). She was honored with the WBF’s Nery J. Arrano Pro Bono Award for her outstanding pro bono service representing survivors of domestic violence at 209A protective order hearings (2025).

Prior to joining Cohen and Wolf, Catherine began her career as an associate attorney at an AM Law 100 firm in downtown Boston, where she worked on a variety of matters related to insurance defense, employment law, cryptocurrency, government investigations, and internal investigations.

Catherine graduated sixth in her class from the University of Massachusetts School of Law where she served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable William Meade of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2021-2022) and as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Elspeth Cypher of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (2022-2023). During law school, Catherine was also a Legal Intern (2021) and Associate Editor (2023) for the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General.

Boston Bar Association, 2023-present

Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys, 2023-present

Women’s Bar Foundation, 2023-present

Women’s Bar Foundation Nerry J. Arrano Pro Bono Award, 2025

University of Massachusetts School of Law’s Dean Advisory Board, 2024-2026