About Catrina
Catrina Griffin moved deliberately through her education, collecting degrees that trace a clear interest in resolving conflict. She earned a B.A. from Humphreys College in 2009 and went on to receive her J.D. from Lawrence Drivon School of Law in 2016. After several years in practice, she returned to the classroom and completed a Masters in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law in 2021.
Those academic choices shaped how she approaches problems. After law school she became licensed to practice in California and has built a practice grounded in the procedural and interpersonal sides of law. Her time studying dispute resolution influenced how she evaluates risks and how she prepares cases for settlement talks or court. She combines legal analysis with practical negotiating techniques learned during her graduate program.
Griffin’s path is not marked by a single focal moment. Instead, it shows steady accumulation of tools: legal research and writing from her J.D., an undergraduate grounding in the liberal arts, and a professional diploma that sharpened her work in mediation and arbitration. Colleagues describe her as methodical. Clients often see someone who prioritizes clarity and practical outcomes over theatrical gestures.
In day-to-day practice she navigates procedural complexity and the personalities that complicate disputes. Her training in dispute resolution informs how she prepares witnesses, structures settlement discussions, and evaluates whether a matter will benefit from negotiation or require more formal dispute processes. She has experience drafting pleadings and settlement agreements and counseling clients on the likely costs and timelines of various paths to resolution.
Outside the office, Griffin uses continuing education to stay current on changes in California law and on developments in alternative dispute resolution. She has taken courses and attended panels that address emerging trends in mediation and arbitration. Those activities feed back into client work by keeping her strategies aligned with how courts and mediators manage contemporary disputes.
She practices law in California and applies her academic training in dispute resolution to client matters. Her current practice concentrates on representing clients in civil disputes and on assisting parties in mediation and arbitration, where she draws on both her J.D. training and her graduate work in dispute resolution.
