Kathleen is an associate in the Minneapolis office of Ogletree Deakins. Prior to joining the firm, Kathleen clerked for the Honorable Tracy M. Smith at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. During law school, Kathleen worked in the University of Minnesota General Counsel’s Office on a variety of employment law matters. She graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota School of Law, earning a concentration in labor and employment law. She served on the ABAJournal of Labor & Employment Law and represented children and parents as a certified student attorney in the Indian Child Welfare Act Law Clinic. She received her BA summa cum laude in anthropology from Wellesley College, studying abroad in West Africa and Eastern Europe.