Profile

Catharine Arrowood litigates and arbitrates for both large and small businesses and has considerable experience with regulated companies. She focuses on resolving problems that threaten the viability of a business. Her clients have included educational institutions, utilities, insurance companies, accounting and law firms, health care and biotech firms, banks and commercial aerospace companies.

Ms. Arrowood has lectured and written on various aspects of complex litigation, including managing complex cases, federal civil procedure, arbitration and mediation.

Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Arrowood served as an associate attorney general, handling antitrust matters for the North Carolina Department of Justice.

While at Wake Forest University, Ms. Arrowood was Associate Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review.

Experience Highlights

Ms. Arrowood represents and advises clients on a variety of issues including:

• Breach and enforcement of contracts, including construction, procurement and energy related matters
• Commercial torts, including fraud, interference with contract, theft of trade secrets and intellectual property, covenants not to compete and unfair competition
• Antitrust, international competition and trade regulation issues
• Corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty and issues arising from the purchase and sale of businesses and removal of officers and directors

Ms. Arrowood is a member of the Panel of Neutrals for the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and regularly serves as an arbitrator. She is also a Certified Superior Court Mediator and currently serves as the Co-Chair of TerraLex’s International Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group.

News

• Forty-Four Parker Poe Attorneys Named 2013 NC Super Lawyers
  January 18, 2013
• Catharine Arrowood Named State Chair of College of Trial Lawyers
  October 18, 2012
• Four Parker Poe Attorneys Awarded Lawyer of the Year
  September 14, 2012
• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• Catharine Arrowood Named Influential Business Leader
  July 11, 2012
• Chambers USA 2012 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 7, 2012
• Arrowood Reappointed to International Arbitration Panel
  May 30, 2012
• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• Catharine Arrowood Elected to Second Term as Board Chair
  October 10, 2011
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• New fees stress clerks, litigants and lawyers
  North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
  August 5, 2011
• State’s business courts straining under caseload
  North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
  August 1, 2011
• Catharine Arrowood Receives H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award
  July 1, 2011
• Chambers USA 2011 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 10, 2011
• In Good Times or Bad, Litigators Have Work To Do
  Triangle Business Journal
  May 6, 2011
• NCBA Honors Catharine Arrowood with McKnight Award
  April 20, 2011
• Catharine Arrowood Named Chair of NC Symphony Society
  April 7, 2011
• Parker Poe Hosts Women's Empowerment Panel in Raleigh Office
  April 4, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• Business North Carolina Names 13 Attorneys to 2011 Legal Elite
  Firm Partner Catharine Biggs Arrowood “Top Vote-Getter” for Antitrust
  January 21, 2011
• The FTC's Intel Case Serves as a Reminder that Single Firm Conduct can also Violate the Antitrust Laws
  Antitrust & Unfair Competition Update
  November 18, 2010
• ACTL to Feature Arrowood as Speaker at Arbitration Seminar
  August 31, 2010
• Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines
  Antitrust & Unfair Competition Update
  August 31, 2010
• Leniency Programs and Increased Criminal Penalties make Antitrust Compliance Programs Essential
  Antitrust & Unfair Competition Update
  August 25, 2010
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Supreme Court Decision in American Needle Increases Antitrust Risks for Joint Ventures
  Antitrust & Unfair Competition Update
  July 15, 2010
• ICDR Reappoints Catharine Arrowood to International Panel
  June 29, 2010
• Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 11, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Twelve Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2010
  January 4, 2010
• Parker Poe and Columbia College Host Book Signing for Author
  November 4, 2009
• Law Firm Hosts Speaking Series for Author
  Parker Poe Promotes Book on Women Who Change Their Communities
  October 20, 2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Selected as Raleigh Chamber General Counsel
  September 30, 2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Among Group of Business Leaders Nationwide
  September 17, 2009
• Discovery in International Arbitration: The Murky Waters of 28 U.S.C. §1782
  Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
  September 1, 2009
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
  June 12, 2009
• Parker Poe Attorney Selected for International Arbitration Panel
  April 1, 2009
• Lawyer of the Year Awarded to Parker Poe Attorneys
  March 5, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
  June 16, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2008
  January 14, 2008
• Closing Remarks
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  December 1, 2007
• Our Opportunity
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  November 1, 2007
• Senior Survivors Set The Standard
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  October 1, 2007
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Fighting Corruption and Crime with Fairness and Integrity
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  September 1, 2007
• Justice on a Shoestring?
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  August 1, 2007
• Leading the Way to Stronger Families Through Justice and Compassion
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  July 1, 2007
• Chambers USA 2007 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
  June 26, 2007
• Arrowood Elected to NCBA Board of Governors
  June 25, 2007
• Heroes in Our Midst
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  June 1, 2007
• Parker Poe Receives Pinnacle Business Award
  May 3, 2007
• Changing the Face of the Legal Profession
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  May 1, 2007
• Whitewashing Our Past in a Faith-Based Shroud
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  April 1, 2007
• Leading The Way Through Tradition
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  March 1, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorney Named Among Lawdragon 500
  February 1, 2007
• Attorneys Who Helped Tear Down the Race Barrier
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  February 1, 2007
• Standing for Rights, Even Under Pressure
  The News & Observer
  January 31, 2007
• Nineteen Parker Poe Attorneys Named North Carolina Super Lawyers 2007
  January 26, 2007
• Paying Tribute to Those Who Raised the Bar
  Wake County Bar Flyer
  January 1, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Elected to Wake County Bar Leadership
  December 14, 2006
• Arrowood Greets Justice O'Connor
  September 28, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006
• Pricing Probe Could Keep Apple in Legal Spotlight for Long Haul
  MacNewsWorld
  March 6, 2006
• Seventeen Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite"
  January 20, 2006
• Catharine Arrowood Elected President-Elect 2006 for Wake County Bar Association and 10th Judicial Bar Association
  December 14, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Appointed to North Carolina State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers
  November 1, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America
  September 13, 2005
• Antitrust Compliance Programs Are Needed Now More Than Ever
  Antitrust & Unfair Competition Update
  May 2, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  February 28, 2005

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Finding the International Issue in Every Day Practice
  April 27, 2012
  North Carolina Bar Association
• Social Media and Ethics
  December 9, 2011
  North Carolina Bar Association
• What We Stand For
  October 10, 2011
  Professionalism Lecture, Campbell University School of Law
• International Arbitration
  September 29, 2011
  Duke University School of Law
• 2011 Arbitration Hot Topics: Tillman, Trends and Tactics
  February 25, 2011
  Presenter, North Carolina Bar Association
• International Arbitration
  October 7, 2010
  Duke University School of Law
• International Commercial Arbitration: What You Need to Know
  September 23, 2010
  Organizer and Lecturer, American College of Trial Lawyers, Washington, DC
• Arbitrating Complex Matters
  April 30, 2010
  American Arbitration Association Panel Chair, North Carolina Bar Antitrust Section’s Annual Meeting
• Antitrust Limits on Mediation: What Can Be Done and What Cannot Be Done Under the Guise of Settlement
  April 30, 2010
  American Arbitration Association Panel Chair, North Carolina Bar Antitrust Section’s Annual Meeting
• Antitrust Law
  February 23, 2010
  Panel Member, North Carolina Bar Antitrust Section at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Arbitration: From a Local to a Global Perspective
  February 18, 2010
  Panel Member, Duke University School of Law
• North Carolina Bar Leadership Institute
  Moderator and Speaker, January 2010-2012

Publications

"Finding the International Issue in Every Day Practice," North Carolina Bar Association, April 2012

"Arbitration Hot Topics: Tillman, Trends and Tactics," North Carolina Bar Association, February 2011

"Arbitrating Complex Matters," North Carolina Bar Association, April 2010

"Antitrust Limits on Mediation and Settlement," North Carolina Bar Association, April 2010

Featured in CARE International’s 2009 book, Leading with Care: How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity by Mary Cantando

Memberships

• TerraLex
  Chair, International Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group, 2012-2013
• NC Access to Justice Campaign
  Co-Chair, 2011-2012
• American College of Trial Lawyers
  Fellow since 2004; Chair, North Carolina State Committee, 2012-2013; Chair, International Committee, 2009-2011; Member, Editorial Board 2012-2013
• Fourth Circuit Rules Committee
  Member, 2006-2008; Chair, 2008-2011
• Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  Umbrella Local Rules Committee, 2011-present
• ICDR Panel of Neutrals
  Member, 2009-present
• AAA National Roster of Neutrals
  Member, 2003-present
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
  Member, Energy Committee, 2005-present
• North Carolina Symphony Society
  Board of Trustees, 2003-present; Treasurer, 2007-2009; Vice Chair, 2009; Chair, 2011-present
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Dispute Resolution Section, Executive Committee Member, 2011-2012
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Legislative Advisory Committee, Member, 2011-2012
• North Carolina Conference of Bar Presidents
  Member, 2008-present; Vice Chair, 2009-2010; Chair, 2010-2012
• Wake County Bar Association and 10th Judicial District
  President, 2007
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Board of Governors, 2007-2010
• North Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society
  President, 2008-2010
• Wake Forest Law Board of Visitors
  Member, 1998-2008; Chair, 2001-2002
• Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard
  Chair, Management Committee, 1988-1990
• Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  Management Committee, 1990-2001