Catherine Simon Spann

Catherine Spann focuses her practice on mitigating risk and protecting her clients’ interests. She represents businesses of all sizes—from international companies to local enterprises—throughout Alabama and Mississippi in complex litigation matters, and also provides practical outside general counsel services, advising business leaders on the legal and strategic issues that arise in the day-to-day management of their companies so they can make informed decisions and avoid unnecessary risk. Her practice includes personal injury, insurance coverage and defense, construction, transportation, products liability, business torts, and commercial litigation.

Catherine is known for helping clients navigate challenging legal issues with clarity and confidence. She works closely with clients to anticipate legal hurdles, prepare strategically, and position them to respond effectively when disputes arise. Her goal is to make the logistics and strategy of litigation as manageable and predictable as possible while protecting her clients’ long-term interests.

In addition to her litigation practice, Catherine advises businesses on risk management, contracts, operational disputes, and strategic decision-making—helping them address problems early, avoid unnecessary litigation, and make informed business decisions. Catherine’s approach combines legal insight with practical business judgment so clients can focus on running their organizations with confidence.

Catherine has substantial courtroom experience and regularly handles mediations, depositions, site inspections, and complex expert issues. At trial, she has been commended for her “master class” cross-examination of opposing parties, demonstrating “a textbook example of how to control (and utterly discredit) a complicated plaintiff/injury claim.” Never one to shy away from difficult issues, Catherine is often the first to step in when clients face particularly challenging matters.

A native of Baldwin County, Catherine developed an early appreciation for the legal profession while spending summers working in her father’s law office and running pleadings to the courthouse clerk’s office. Those experiences sparked a lifelong interest in litigation and the legal system. She attended the University of Alabama, where she studied history, and went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law. After graduating, Catherine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roderick P. Stout of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Mobile, Alabama, and also interned for the Honorable William H. Steele and the Honorable John H. England.

Outside the office, Catherine enjoys boating with her husband and three children on Mobile Bay. She is committed to giving back to her community and proudly serves as General Counsel to the Board of Directors of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. She is also active with the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama and United Way of Southwest Alabama. Her community involvement allows her to stay closely connected to the people and businesses she serves, informing her practical, solution-focused approach to problem solving. Catherine strives to help her clients resolve complex challenges as efficiently and smoothly as possible.

• Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®: Commercial Litigation since 2021
• Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama New Board Member of the Year (2021)
• Mobile Bay Magazine's "40 Under 40" (2026)

• Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, General Counsel
• Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama, Board of Directors, Safety Chair
• Dauphin Way United Methodist Church Child Development Center, Past Board Member
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama, Past Big Sister

• Mobile Bar Association Young Lawyers, Past President
• Connect Mobile, Class of 2016

Legal Practice Assistant

Sandra Kwapinski
(251) 345-8201
skwapinski@burr.com