Allison Kole, General Counsel

Allison Kole serves as general counsel to EPI.  She also directs EPI’s FOIA Advocacy Project, which helps researchers who are facing obstacles to receiving public records from state and federal agencies. Before joining EPI, Allison was Counsel to Essential Information Inc. assisting researchers at Essential, watchdog organizations, advocates, and journalists in public records challenges and other media law issues. Allison has successfully brought FOIA lawsuits against agencies including the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Allison also spent two years on the litigation team for the landmark constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States and was a fellow with Earthjustice in Washington, D.C. She graduated from George Washington University Law School with recognition for her service to the community through GW’s health rights clinic.