- Catherine Henry was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 3, 2024.
- Previously, she was an Assistant Federal Defender in the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a role she had had since 2001.
- Prior to this, Henry worked as a public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1996 to 2001.
- Prior to that, she was a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia from 1995 to 1996.
- She received her J.D. from the District of Columbia School of Law in 1995 and her B.A. from Drew University in 1991.