Kerry Bollerman is a seasoned investigations and crisis management lawyer. She provides clients with strategic counsel in high stakes matters, drawing on her experience in private practice and government. She guides clients through a range of investigations, including those facing parallel proceedings involving Congress, federal, state, or international regulators.

As a member of the firm’s Congressional Investigations practice, Ms. Bollerman has extensive experience representing clients in high-profile congressional investigations and inquiries. She has prepared senior executives, including multiple C-level executives of public companies, to testify before both chambers of Congress, state legislatures, and international tribunals, as well as participate in briefings or meetings with government officials. Ms. Bollerman also advises clients throughout sensitive internal investigations, including reviews of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and company culture, as well as investigating allegations of harassment and discrimination. 

In government, Ms. Bollerman most recently served as senior associate counsel at the White House in the Biden-Harris Administration. In that role, she represented the President and the White House in high stakes investigations, including the impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives and Special Counsel Hur’s classified documents investigation. She also advised senior officials, in the White House and across federal agencies, regarding congressional oversight investigations, Inspector General and Government Accountability Office investigations, strategic risk management and other complex and significant matters. Ms. Bollerman served as the primary oversight liaison to multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Before rejoining the firm, Ms. Bollerman clerked for the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Prior to law school, Ms. Bollerman held multiple roles at the Department of Justice (DOJ), including serving as the special assistant for policy to the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division. In that position, she prepared Civil Division officials for briefings and hearings before Congress. She worked closely with DOJ officials to assess the implications of pending regulations, legislation and executive orders for the Civil Division. Ms. Bollerman also served on the Attorney General’s task force to implement the US Supreme Court’s Windsor decision. As a member of this task force, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service—DOJ’s highest award for employee service—in 2014. Ms. Bollerman also served as a liaison to the special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. For her work in this role, she received the 2011 Civil Division Assistant Attorney General’s Special Commendation Award for Outstanding Service. 

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2017

      magna cum laude Order of the Coif; Chief Administrative Editor, American Criminal Law Review; Legal Research & Writing Fellow
    • BA, Political Science, Wake Forest University, 2010

      magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa
  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, US District Court for the District of Columbia, 2017 - 2019

Credentials

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