Kathleen Wolfe is of counsel in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice. She brings to bear a formidable litigation background, having served in senior roles in the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department’s Civil Rights Division for more than two decades.
At the Department of Justice, Kathleen was a senior counselor in the Office of the Associate Attorney General and a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, where her portfolio included the Division’s Appellate, Employment Litigation, and Immigrant Employee Rights Sections. Prior to that, she served as a senior manager in the Disability Rights Section and worked across the Division to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act through enforcement and regulatory initiatives.
Kathleen joined the Department of Justice in 2003 through the Attorney General’s Honors Program and served as a trial attorney for eight years.
Prior to her work in government service, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Michael J. Melloy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (2020 – 2026)
- District of Columbia
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2000
- University of Iowa, B.A., 1990
Law Clerk, the Hon. Michael J. Melloy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (2000 – 2003)
Current Cases
Amazon Flex Driver Mass Arbitration
Amazon Flex Driver Arbitrations (AAA): Cohen Milstein represents thousands of current and former Amazon Flex delivery drivers in California, Illinois and Massachusetts who allege that Amazon misclassified them as independent contractors instead of employees to avoid paying them overtime or reimbursing for expenses, and to deny them other benefits under these states’ laws. These cases are currently being litigated before the American Arbitration Association.