Kristen Wolfe Roberts

Kristen Wolfe Roberts is a partner at Walker Roberts LLP in Downers Grove, Illinois, where she focuses her practice on complex employment law, general commercial, and labor and employment litigation, health care litigation and business transactions. She represents clients nationwide in state and federal courts, arbitrations, mediations and proceedings before state and local government agencies. She also routinely advises employers, especially in the health care industry, on corporate law, business transactions, and stock and asset acquisitions.

Ms. Roberts’ practice centers on defending employers in employment-related matters in courts and administrative proceedings. She has successfully represented clients in wrongful termination and discrimination claims, retaliatory discharge actions, wage and hour disputes, breach of contract matters, and federal OSHA audits and investigations. Beyond litigation, she counsels clients on statutory compliance, affirmative action programs, worker classification issues and best practice management techniques. She also develops and reviews employee handbooks and drafts employment policies, executive agreements, severance agreements and restrictive covenants.

Ms. Roberts has handled numerous complex and high-stakes cases across the country. She was intricately involved in a class and collective lawsuit filed in Florida, an active contract dispute in Illinois, a class and collective lawsuit in Illinois, a multiplaintiff lawsuit in New York and a single-plaintiff employment lawsuit filed in Georgia. These matters showcase her ability to manage diverse legal challenges to successful resolution.

Over the past decade, Ms. Roberts’ achievements have earned her repeated recognition through inclusion in the Rising Stars and Super Lawyers lists. She is known for her strategic approach, results-driven representation and unwavering dedication to the highest standards of legal service. She continues to lead clients through complex litigation and compliance issues with skill, precision and integrity.

Ms. Roberts is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She earned her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder.