Caroline Wolverton

About Caroline Wolverton

I focus my practice on litigation involving federal administrative and regulatory matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and providing counsel on rulemakings and other federal administrative procedures.I previously served as a senior trial counsel in the Federal Programs Branch of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division where I litigated civil cases of national significance involving regulatory, statutory, constitutional and other challenges on behalf of a diversity of federal agencies, including the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury, Transportation, Education, Defense and State. I also provided counsel to multiple federal agencies on rulemakings as well as litigation risk and strategy. While at the DOJ, I defended the HHS and the Treasury in litigation challenging implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I defended the HHS against challenges to Medicare rulemakings and against other challenges involving Medicare, as well as challenges involving Medicaid. Among other significant representations, my work also included defending the Department of State in discovery in a Freedom of Information Act challenge regarding former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server for State Department business.

Experience

1. Senior Counsel in Litigation

   Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

   Jun 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   I focus my practice on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement litigation and litigation involving other federal administrative and regulatory matters.

Education

• Harvard Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  1992 — 1995

• Harvard University

  A.B., Social Anthropology

  1987 — 1991