Kate S. O'Scannlain
{{Short description|American attorney and government official}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kate S. O'Scannlain
| image = KateSOScannlain.jpg
| office = United States Solicitor of Labor
| president = Donald Trump
| 1blankname = Secretary
| 1namedata = Alexander Acosta
Eugene Scalia
| term_start = December 21, 2017
| term_end = January 20, 2021
| predecessor = Nicholas C. Geale
| successor = Terri Johnson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|February 5, 1977}}{{CN|date=January 2021}}
| birth_place = 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dol.gov/sol/people/solicitorbio.htm|title=About the Solicitor|website=www.dol.gov|access-date=2019-12-17}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2017/10/trump_picks_attorney_with_port.html|title=Trump picks attorney with Portland roots as Labor Dept.'s top lawyer|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Gordon R. Friedman {{!}} The|date=2017-10-04|website=oregonlive|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://law.nd.edu/news-events/news/kate-oscannlain-99-05-jd-picked-to-be-labor-departments-top-lawyer/|title=Kate O'Scannlain, '99, '05 J.D., picked to be Labor Department's top lawyer {{!}} The Law School {{!}} University of Notre Dame|last=Dame|first=Marketing Communications: Web {{!}} University of Notre|website=The Law School|date=6 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://biglawbusiness.com/meet-the-most-powerful-labor-lawyer-youve-never-heard-of|title=Meet the Most Powerful Labor Lawyer You've Never Heard Of|last=Penn|first=Ben|website=biglawbusiness.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}} She has served as a regular volunteer with the Catholic Charities Legal Network Clinic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pli.edu/faculty/hon.-kate-s.-oscannlain-29974|title=Hon. Kate S. O'Scannlain - Practising Law Institute|website=www.pli.edu|access-date=2019-12-17|archive-date=2019-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218003220/https://www.pli.edu/faculty/hon.-kate-s.-oscannlain-29974|url-status=dead}} O'Scannlain is also a member of the conservative Federalist Society legal organization.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2017/09/29/trump-picks-kate-oscannlain-as-dols-top-lawyer/|title=Trump Picks Kate O'Scannlain as DOL's Top Lawyer|last1=Scarcella|first1=Mike|last2=September 29|first2=Erin Mulvaney {{!}}|website=ThinkAdvisor|language=en|access-date=2019-12-18|last3=AM|first3=2017 at 09:14}}
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Category:United States Department of Labor officials
Category:First Trump administration personnel
Category:Lawyers from Portland, Oregon
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni
Category:Notre Dame Law School alumni