Kimberly Graber

With over two decades of legal experience, Kimberly Graber focuses her practice on aviation enforcement, regulatory compliance, and consumer protection law. She brings a distinguished record of fifteen years of public service from the Department of Transportation (Department), where she began as a senior trial attorney, became a branch chief, and most recently served as Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.

As Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Kim led enforcement actions addressing unfair and deceptive practices in aviation, oversaw the development and implementation of major rulemakings addressing economic and consumer protection requirements for air transportation, and managed a team of more than 35 attorneys and analysts.

Kim oversaw hundreds of investigations of airline and ticket agent practices, resolving over 75 cases with cease and desist enforcement orders. She also led the development of aviation consumer protection rules, guidance, and enforcement policies.

Kim also provided legislative analysis and technical education regarding aviation economic regulation and consumer protection matters to Congressional stakeholders. Further, Kim directed responses to several GAO and OIG audits of the Department's aviation consumer protection activities. Also at the Department, Kim spearheaded modernization of a key IT system used by the Department for consumer protection and oversight of regulated aviation entities by obtaining $8 million in funding and coordinating a cross-functional team.

Kim's early legal career included discovery, motions practice, and hearings as a litigation associate at a global law firm and handling pro se cases as a law clerk for five judges at the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria. Prior to law school, Kimberly served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname.

Kim's wide-ranging experience has made her a versatile legal professional with a broad perspective well suited to identifying and achieving positive resolutions of disputes, demonstrating compliance, accountability, and integrity to a variety of stakeholders, identifying key regulatory issues and solutions, and resolving enforcement matters.