Caroline L. Wolverton, Senior Counsel, Administrative & Regulatory Litigation | Akin

Caroline L. Wolverton

Senior Counsel

Areas of Focus

Caroline L. Wolverton, Senior Counsel, Administrative & Regulatory Litigation | Akin

Caroline L. Wolverton

Senior Counsel

cwolverton@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography

Caroline focuses on high-stakes litigation involving government regulation, including class actions based on federal regulatory schemes and administrative litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act. She draws on extensive litigation experience, from threshold motions through discovery to trial, in government and the private sector to represent clients in a range of complex civil matters.

Caroline previously served as a senior trial counsel in the Federal Programs Branch of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division, where she litigated class actions and other civil cases of national significance involving regulatory, statutory, constitutional and other challenges on behalf of a diversity of federal agencies. These agencies included the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Transportation, Education, Defense and State. She also provided counsel to multiple federal agencies on rulemakings, litigation risk and strategy. 

Caroline has also served as associate general counsel at the National Gallery of Art, as an associate at another Washington, D.C. law firm, and as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Edward W. Nottingham in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Representative Work
  • Defending multiple consolidated consumer class actions based on alleged violation of federal regulations.
  • Obtained favorable summary judgment rulings against Small Business Administration on behalf of performing arts businesses denied pandemic relief funds.
  • Obtained favorable resolutions of multiple federal court challenges to Small Business Administration decisions denying applications of performing arts businesses and a veteran-owned restaurant for pandemic relief funds.
  • Obtained summary judgment in favor of local government agency defendant in high-stakes tort action.
  • Defended deposition of local government agency official that prompted voluntary dismissal of lawsuit.
  • Defended deposition of high-level government official in challenge to municipal commercial real estate decision.
  • Obtained summary judgment upholding local government agency’s withholding of documents based on exemptions under public records access policy.
  • Obtained favorable resolution of Freedom of Information requests of Election Assistance Commission on behalf of public interest advocacy organization.
  • Defeated motion to dismiss Equal Protection and Administrative Procedure Act challenge to federal government’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador nationals residing in United States.

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 1995

  • B.A., Harvard University, cum laude, 1991

Clerkships
  • U.S.D.C., District of Colorado

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia

Recognitions
  • OFAC, Director’s Award for Partnership.
  • DOJ, Meritorious Award and Civil Division Commendation Award.
Affiliations and Public Service
  • Senior trial counsel, Federal Programs Branch, United States Department of Justice (2014-2017)
  • Associate general counsel, National Gallery of Art (2010-2011) (detail)
  • Trial attorney, Federal Programs Branch, United States Department of Justice (1997-2005, 2008-2014)
  • Judicial law clerk, the Honorable Edward W. Nottingham, United States District Court for the District of Colorado (1995-1997).

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