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The POWER List: Ferne P. Wolf
Staff Report//July 25, 2022//
Silverstein Wolf, St. Louis
Early in her career, Ferne Wolf worked for the attorney who successfully argued the seminal employment-discrimination case McDonnell Douglas v. Green in the U.S. Supreme Court.
She’s gone on to make waves in many other cases, including McBryde v. Ritenour School District, a 2006 ruling that held that the plaintiff need only prove that discrimination was a “contributing factor” in his treatment. Lawmakers specifically abrogated the case in 2017 when they put a stricter standard into law.
Her cases also include Doe v. City of Belleville, a 1997 opinion from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that recognized a claim for same-sex sexual harassment based on stereotypes.
Wolf has led the labor and employment committees of both The Missouri Bar and the Illinois State Bar Association and is a former president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Employment Lawyers.
She earned her law degree from The George Washington University in 1978.
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