Caitlin (“Caite”) Mika is a commercial litigation attorney with significant experience handling complex litigation matters in state and federal courts nationwide. She represents individuals and private and public companies in high-stakes disputes, with a particular focus on consumer fraud, product liability, and matters arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

Caite also works closely with Polsinelli’s M&A Litigation group, advising clients on pre- and post-closing M&A disputes, securities matters, investigations and other financial litigation. Her practice spans all phases of litigation, including managing complex discovery, drafting and arguing dispositive motions, and representing clients in trial proceedings.

In addition to her litigation practice, Caite is actively involved in pro bono work. She played a key role in securing a landmark settlement and consent decree to ensure homeless students in St. Louis, Missouri, receive access to public education.  She also volunteers regularly with the Legal Prep Debate Program offered through Legal Prep Charter Academies and tutors with Tutoring Chicago.

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2014)
    • Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
  • University of Illinois (B.A., cum laude, 2011)
    • Political Science and Spanish

Bar Admission

  • Illinois

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Professional Affiliations

  • National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
  • Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law (CWIL)
  • Chicago Bar Association (CBA)

Recognition

  • Participant, Polsinelli Trial Academy facilitated by NITA, 2025
  • Named one of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in Commercial Litigation, 2021-2026

Community

  • Tutoring Chicago, Volunteer Tutor
  • Legal Prep Debate Program

Languages

  • Spanish (Conversational)
Publications
TCPA Class Actions Challenge Companies for Not Scrubbing Against the FCC’s Reassigned Numbers Database
Key Takeaways: Companies should scrub calling lists against the Reassigned Numbers Database (RND) at least every 31 days to protect themselves from TCPA liability. Plaintiffs’ firms are targeting companies for contacting phone numbers where the subscribers had consented to be contacted but the phone numbers subsequently were reassigned to new subscribers who did not provide prior express written consent and with whom no established business relationship exists. Businesses that fail to verify reassigned numbers and remove them from their databases may face costly litigation and substantial financial settlements or judgments. TCPA Lawsuits on the Rise The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits a range of outbound telephone activity directed towards consumers who do not consent to being contacted. Recently, however, plaintiffs have begun to bring
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Federal Court Finds Text Messages Not Subject to TCPA’s DNC Requirements
 Key Takeaways: Companies sued for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations should consider challenging the allegations at the outset by moving to dismiss, rather than conceding based on out-of-date precedent and answering the complaint. The TCPA is in a particularly volatile state as more courts are beginning to see merit in challenges to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Orders. These changes follow the Supreme Court’s rulings in Loper Bright and McLaughlin, and the Eleventh Circuit’s ruling striking down the FCC’s proposed “one-to-one consent” rule, holding that the FCC had exceeded its statutory authority by imposing additional restrictions that were not supported by the TCPA’s text. Ins. Mktg. Coalition Ltd. v. Fed. Commun. Comm’n, 127 F.4th 303 (11th Cir. 2025). These rulings suggest further vulnerability
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