Caroline has a robust benefits litigation practice, which includes both traditional ERISA litigation and managed care litigation. She handles administrative appeals and litigation with respect to both pension plans and health and welfare plans. Caroline represents a variety of parties including major employers, fiduciaries, and medical service providers. Cases that she has handled involving pension plans range from defending challenges to cash balance plans to “stock drop” cases and other claims for breach of fiduciary duty with respect to 401(k) plans. Caroline’s work has also extended to include DOL investigations and handling inquiries from the IRS. With respect to managed care litigation and health and welfare benefits, Caroline provides advice and counseling as well as litigation services with respect to reimbursement disputes and a myriad of issues that arise for plans and providers under ERISA, COBRA, and various state laws. Finally, Caroline has significant experience with issues arising under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

Her work in the bankruptcy area has included, most notably, the representation of a group of auto dealerships in the Chrysler bankruptcy and the representation of an indenture trustee and majority bondholder in the United Air Lines bankruptcy. She has also litigated numerous adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court, and has represented debtors, creditors, and official committees of unsecured creditors with respect to issues such as challenges to pre-petition liens, preference actions, executory contract rejection, assumption, and assignment, asset sales, and challenges to debtor-in-possession financing.

In the construction field, Caroline has represented general contractors in actions against owners, architects, subcontractors, and sureties involving contractual no-damages-for-delay clauses, limitations on total cost claims, loss of productivity claims, defective design and construction claims, bid protests, and performance and payment bond claims, among others.

Caroline’s experience has covered a large variety of clientele and substantive areas of the law in addition to those described above. She has represented both large and small businesses, as well as individuals. Other issues litigated by Caroline have included business torts, civil RICO and fraud claims, trademark and copyright infringement, government contracts, and commercial breach of contract claims. She has also represented clients in white collar criminal investigations and proceedings.

Finally, Caroline has represented indigent clients and nonprofit entities in a plethora of cases she has handled pro bono, including two death penalty cases.

Caroline has served as an adjunct professor teaching legal writing at George Washington University.