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Kathleen Konopka

Deputy Attorney General for Public Advocacy, DC Attorney General

Kathleen (Kate) Konopka currently serves as Deputy Attorney General for the Public Advocacy Division of the DC Attorney General’s Office. In this capacity, she oversees the Attorney General’s civil enforcement investigations and actions brought to protect the public interest, including in the areas of consumer protection, affordable and habitable housing, environmental enforcement, workers’ rights, civil rights, elder justice, nonprofit enforcement, antitrust, and fraud against the District. Prior to assuming this position, Kate served as a senior litigator in both the Antitrust Division and Consumer Protection Branch of the US Department of Justice, was Of Counsel at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

1:05 - 1:55 PM ET

Sunday, May 1 GLI Breakout Sessions Block 1

Suing to Hold Extremists Accountable: From Charlottesville to January 6th and Beyond

In November 2021, a landmark federal lawsuit, supported by Integrity First for America, against the white supremacist organizers of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia resulted in a verdict of more than $25 million in damages. Now, ADL has partnered with Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine to represent the District of Columbia in a groundbreaking lawsuit against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and individuals affiliated with those groups to hold them accountable for their role in planning and executing the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Hear from the lawyers involved in these historic cases as they discuss the long-term impact of using litigation as a tool to combat domestic extremism and hate.