Kate S. O'Scannlain
Kate S. O'Scannlain | |
|---|---|
| United States Solicitor of Labor | |
| In office December 21, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Secretary | Alexander Acosta Eugene Scalia |
| Preceded by | M. Patricia Smith |
| Succeeded by | Seema Nanda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1977 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Relations | Diarmuid O'Scannlain (father) |
| Education | University of Notre Dame (BA, JD) |
Kate S. O'Scannlain is an American attorney who served as the United States Solicitor of Labor in the Donald Trump Administration from 2017 to 2021. She was nominated on September 28, 2017, and officially confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 2017.
Early life and education
A native of Portland, Oregon, O'Scannlain earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame, graduating cum laude, and her Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School.[1][2] O'Scannlain's father is Diarmuid O'Scannlain, a Judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Portland before entering senior status in 2016.[3]
Career
Prior to joining the United States Department of Labor, O'Scannlain was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, where she worked for 12 years in their Washington, D.C. office and specialized in commercial class-action litigation, contract disputes, insurance disputes, fraud and fiduciary duty claims, defamation claims, securities fraud, bankruptcy, and pension and retirement law.[4] She has served as a regular volunteer with the Catholic Charities Legal Network Clinic.[5] O'Scannlain is also a member of the conservative Federalist Society legal organization.[6]
References
- ^ "About the Solicitor". www.dol.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Gordon R. Friedman | The (October 4, 2017). "Trump picks attorney with Portland roots as Labor Dept.'s top lawyer". oregonlive. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre (6 October 2017). "Kate O'Scannlain, '99, '05 J.D., picked to be Labor Department's top lawyer | The Law School | University of Notre Dame". The Law School. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ Penn, Ben. "Meet the Most Powerful Labor Lawyer You've Never Heard Of". biglawbusiness.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Hon. Kate S. O'Scannlain - Practising Law Institute". www.pli.edu. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ Scarcella, Mike; September 29, Erin Mulvaney |; AM, 2017 at 09:14. "Trump Picks Kate O'Scannlain as DOL's Top Lawyer". ThinkAdvisor. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
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