Kasi Wautlet is a Senior Litigation Counsel at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight.

At Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, Kasi’s practice has focused on employment discrimination, public interest litigation, and complex civil litigation, representing governments, individuals, and classes. Working with a team of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight attorneys, Kasi’s representations have included:

• A proposed class action on behalf of youth with disabilities in the Tennessee juvenile justice system in Disability Rights Tennessee, et al. v. The State of Tennessee, et al.
• Litigating claims by local governments against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by prescription opioids
• Negotiating a settlement for a female chief financial officer who was paid less than her male colleagues
• Negotiating a settlement for an employee at a tech company who was given less favorable work assignments after having a baby and taking maternity leave
• Negotiating a settlement for an African American insurance executive with claims of age and race discrimination and wrongful termination

Kasi received her law degree cum laude from the New York University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Arizona State University. While at NYU Law, Kasi was a Robert McKay Scholar and received a full-cost-of-attendance Ehrenkranz Scholarship. She served as a managing editor for the New York University Annual Survey of American Law. Kasi received the Seymour A. Levy Award for her note, titled “Playlists as Endorsements: An Argument for Continued Payola Regulation in the Internet Age.” Kasi externed for the Honorable Chip Frensley, Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, and the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Kasi is a member of the Tennessee bar; the Lawyers’ Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter; and the Nashville Bar Association.

Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, Kasi completed a clerkship for the Honorable Alistair E. Newbern, Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

A former public school teacher, Kasi is committed to educational equity and community service. She has worked for a nonprofit focused on improving college success for underrepresented students, and served as a board member and student advocate for the Suspension Representation Project. She is a graduate of Nashville Young Leaders’ Council and currently serves on the board of St. Luke’s Community House.