Kathleen Wood is an accomplished trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex business disputes. With more than three decades of experience in state and federal courts and commercial arbitration forums across the country, she represents companies and individuals.
Before joining Quantum Law Group, Kathleen practiced at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York and Los Angeles and later co-founded her own litigation firm. She is known for her strategic approach to high-stakes, high-complexity disputes, with a record of favorable resolutions across industries ranging from finance and technology to media, retail, and defense contracting.
Representative Matters
- Resolved a multi-million-dollar government contracts dispute related to police training operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Secured dismissal with prejudice of a representative action brought by independent contractors providing military training services.
- Obtained a favorable multi-million-dollar settlement for a hedge fund manager in a partnership dispute.
- Defended a national retailer in a class action involving potential exposure exceeding $2.5 billion.
- Won summary judgment for a call service provider in a contract dispute with a major electronics manufacturer.
- Achieved successful outcomes in copyright and design patent infringement actions in the film and automotive industries.
- Represented a manufacturer in the settlement of a mass toxic tort case involving groundwater contamination.
- Worked with the U.S. government to defeat a high-profile Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on privacy and national security grounds.
Kathleen is admitted to practice in California and New York. She earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she served as an editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts and received the Parker School Certificate in Foreign and International Affairs with High Honors. She is fluent in Russian and French.