Kate Grusauskas

Kate Grusauskas is an attorney with Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is listed among the firm’s litigation lawyers. Her professional background includes extensive courtroom and litigation experience. The firm’s civil litigation practice handles disputes involving employment, civil rights, contracts, real estate, construction, torts, regulatory matters, and other areas in state and federal forums. Grusauskas works within that litigation team, where careful fact development, legal research, motion practice, negotiation, and trial preparation are central to client representation.

Grusauskas attended The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law from 1987 through 1990. Her legal education prepared her for a career that has included courtroom work as well as roles requiring detailed attention to contracts and legal process. She is a member of the New Mexico bar. Her background also includes public and community service, including work as a Peace Corps community development volunteer in Ukraine, experience that adds a broader perspective to a practice involving clients, institutions, and public-facing disputes.

Grusauskas’s current firm represents individuals, businesses, professional entities, public bodies, and other organizations in civil litigation and administrative matters. Its litigators address employment and civil rights disputes as part of a wider practice that also reaches commercial, regulatory, property, and tort claims. Within that setting, her courtroom experience supports the evaluation of evidence, development of case strategy, preparation for hearings and trial, and assessment of settlement or appellate options as a dispute progresses.

Kate Grusauskas brings long-standing litigation experience to a New Mexico firm with an active trial and appellate practice. Her background reflects work in legal, contractual, and public-service settings, along with current participation in a team that represents clients across a wide range of civil disputes. She approaches litigation through organized preparation and close attention to facts, procedure, and client objectives, helping clients understand the risks and choices that arise as contested matters move toward resolution.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of New Mexico

Licensed State

• Connecticut
• New Mexico

Education

• The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Connecticut
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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