Title: Partner

Workplace: Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC

Age: 38

For Catherine Cramer, an award-winning attorney and partner at Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC, legal success isn’t just about winning cases – it’s also about helping restore trust and serving the public.

Cramer has built a career around impactful environmental litigation. As an example, she lodged scientific and legal arguments in the complex case of environmental violations at Mountaire Farms’ poultry processing plant near Millsboro, leading to a $205 million settlement in 2021. She was named partner in 2024 after joining the firm four years prior.

Her work requires her to collaborate with scientists, medical experts and community members on a variety of environmental contamination and health issues, often in

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