Honors and Awards:

• Houston Lawyers are Houston's Leaders, 39 Hous. B.J. 29 (2002), 2002
• Houston's Best Lawyers for the People, Houston Magazine, 2006
• Outstanding Volunteer, Standing Ovation Award, TexasBarCLE, 2009
• The Art of Smart Hiring and Lawful Firing, 2009 Advanced In-House Counsel Course, Best of 2009 CLE Presentations, TexasBarCLE, 2009
• Employment Law Update: U.S. Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit and More, 2010 State Bar College Summer School., Best of 2010 CLE Presentations, TexasBarCLE, 2010

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1991

Bar/Professional Activity:

• State Bar of Texas: State Bar College; Continuing Legal Education Committee (2001-2003, 2006-2008); District 4I Bar Grievance Committee (1993-95); Texas Bar Journal Committee; Texas Mentor Program Committee; Past Chairperson and Newsletter Editor-Concerns of the African American Lawyers Section; Past Council Member, Labor and Employment Law Section.  Texas Young Lawyers Association: Board of Directors (1994-95); Legislative Committee; Women in the Profession Committee; Opportunities for Minorities in the Legal Profession Committee; TYLA Section of the Texas Bar Journal.  Other: Past Chairperson, Houston Management Lawyers Forum; Houston Lawyers Association; State Bar of Oklahoma

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Interfaith volunteer hospice chaplain., 2009

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Grace F. Renbarger & Katrina Grider (contrib. eds.), Family and Medical Leave Act, in Empl.  Law Handbook, Chap. 26 (Brian S. Greig et al. eds., Tex. Assn. Bus. & Chambers of Comm., 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).
• Katrina Grider (contrib. ed.), Family and Medical Leave Act, in Tex. Empl. Law. Chap. 25 (Laura Franze et al. eds., James Pub., 1999).
• Sexual Harassment - Bridging the Gap, Dealer's Choice (Tex. Automobile Dealer's Assn.), Winter 1991, at 12.
• Katrina Grider & Nathan Wesely, Fetal Protection Policies After Johnson Controls, 55 Tex. B.J. 64 (1992).
• Katrina Grider, Nathan Wesely, Tracy Bailey & Kimberly F. Gee Sexual Harassment: The Reasonable Woman Standard in Hostile Environment Litigation, 55 Tex. B.J. 52 (1992).
• Katrina Grider & Kimberly F. Gee, Glass Ceilings in Corporate America, 55 Tex. B.J. 42 (1992).
• Katrina Grider & Tracy Bailey, The Civil Rights Act of 1991, 55 Tex. B.J. 36 (1992).
• Employer Liability Under FIRREA, 109 Bank. L.J. 129 (1992).
• Worker's Comp and the ADA: To Ask or Not to Ask, 55 Tex. B.J. 818 (1992).
• Human Resources Management for Lawyers:  An Employment Law Primer, 57 Tex. B.J. 173 (1994).
• Seven Ways to Survive Law Office Politics, The Tex. Docket (Texas Assn. of Legal Secretaries), Oct. 1996 at 12.
• Trends in Real Estate Leasing: Whose Duty Under the ADA?, Tex. Lawyer, Apr. 21, 1997 at 39.
• Of Work and Family: Implementing FMLA Policy, Tex. Lawyer (Labor & Employment Law Supplement), June 30, 1997 at 4.
• Conducting Sexual/General Harassment Investigations: A Checklist for Employers, Empl. L. Couns. (Bus. Laws, Inc.) July 15, 1998 at 21.
• A Checklist for Avoiding the Legal  Pitfalls of an In-House Investigation, Corp. Couns. Q. (Bus. Laws, Inc.) Oct. 1998.
• Lawyers Debate Age Discrimination Cases: Is the Burden Too Heavy on Employees?, Tex. Lawyer, Feb. 7, 2000 at 24-32.
• Conducting Internal Investigations: Party Talk; What's a Lawyer to Do; A Little Friendly Advice, 65 Tex. B. J. 902 (2002).
• Goodbye Flipcharts, Hello Plasma Screens, 68 Tex. B. J. 567-70 (2005).

Educational Background:

• B.S. Oklahoma State University - Political Science and Business Administration, 1982
• J.D. University of Tulsa College of Law, 1985
• Candidate - Master of Divinity/Master of Arts in Counseling; Houston Graduate School of Theology, 2014