Catherine Wassberg

Cathy Wassberg joined Hamline in May of 2009. Cathy has an extensive background in higher education and employment law, corporate litigation, non-profit board governance, strategic planning, and legal consulting. Prior to working for Hamline, she served as managing director of corporate human resources and associate general counsel at Northwest Airlines/Delta, managing employment-related litigation, and overseeing various human resources divisions. Prior to that, Cathy was a partner and co-chair of the labor and employment department at the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago, Illinois.

Cathy also is an adjunct faculty member at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and has taught as an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University Law School and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. She serves on the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and has previously served on a number of non-profit boards. She co-coached the same Special Olympics softball team for over a decade and provides legal representation pro bono, through the Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, to children who are wards of the state or in foster care.

Cathy earned her JD from the University of Chicago Law School and her BA from Northern Illinois University.