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Caroline A. Veniero

Caroline Veniero's practice focuses on complex, high-stakes litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. 

Before joining MoloLamken, Ms. Veniero served as a law clerk to the Honorable Steven M. Colloton, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Ms. Veniero is an educator-turned-advocate. Prior to law school, she taught reading and math intervention to elementary-school students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District through Teach for America. During her clerkships, she also worked as a bar-exam tutor.

Admitted only in Illinois; practice supervised by members of the D.C. bar.

Publications

  • Education's Deep Roots: Historical Evidence for the Right to a Basic Minimum Education, 88 U. Chi. L. Rev. 981 (2021)

Presentations

  • Symposium: Law and Labor Market Power, The University of Chicago Law Review (2022)

  • Symposium: This Violent City? Rhetoric, Realities, and the Promise of Reform, The University of Chicago Law Review (2021)

Clerkships

  • Law clerk to the Honorable Steven M. Colloton, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • Law clerk to the Honorable Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Education

The University of Chicago Law School, J.D.

High Honors

Order of the Coif

Kirkland & Ellis Scholar

Thomas R. Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy

Symposium & Book Reviews Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

Student Attorney, Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Law Clinic

President, Education and Child Advocacy Society

The University of Chicago, A.B.

General and Departmental Honors

Student Marshal

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Illinois
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

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