Kathryn Anne Anderson

I needed a lawyer to guide me and help me as I went through emotional and painful divorce mediation. So glad I had Katie in my corner! She gave me clear instructions and told me not to sign a thing without her reviewing it first. When my head was spinning and all this new legal jargon was overwhe...lming, I knew I had her to help me sort it out. She was just what I needed, a knowledgeable, straightforward no-nonsense lawyer!

I arrived in California from Texas with my 2 year old and 4 year old after fleeing domestic abuse. Katie incredibly held my hand through an entire process, even when the first 6-months of it were waiting until I was a resident of the state to file for divorce. She was able to predict the possible out...comes of my case and guide me towards the best decisions from the onset. I have JUST been declared divorced and could not have been happier with my counsel. Katie and everyone at Anderson Family Law was incredible. I will never forget the compassion and strength they displayed and would highly recommend!!

My review is based on the experience I had with Ms. Andersons representation of me to get a reduction in alimony. We filed our motion in May of 2020 and finally got a court date in November 2021, this was due to Covid, not Ms. Anderson. ... Prior to this court date we had a mediation in October 2021 in an effort to avoid trial. The result was my ex wifes offer to reduce alimony approximately 40% but Ms. Anderson was firm it should be more like 65%. On this advise I chose to go to trial. At this point I felt she was doing a good job, the trial is where she failed. Due to the courts post Covid schedule we ended up needing three separate court dates. I felt the opposing attorney made these appear seamless and this is where I become concerned of Ms. Anderson. Before all three court dates I contacted her office to see when I would meet with her to prepare for trial, each time Ms. Anderson seemed to think a brief phone consultation was sufficient. Due to this lack of preparation much of the important documentation was not presented to the judge, leaving him I’ll informed to make his verdict. The most crucial mistake was the substantiation of a trust that validated $36,000 in overhead to my business. The judge asked me on the stand if this trust was registered and when I responded we have a notarized copy the opposing attorney demanded to see it, so we looked to Ms. Anderson to tell us where it was in the court binder. As Ms. Anderson scrambled to find it she basically had the deer in the headlight look on her face being unable to locate it (this document had been emailed to her before our first court date in November and was discussed in our phone conversations ). There was volumes of financial and character information I spent hours researching at Ms Andersons request and during trial when on multiple occasions I prompted her to bring it up, she would respond that the judge doesn’t care about this even though the opposing attorney spent several hours on similar issues about me. I’m not sure what happed with Ms. Anderson from November 2021 to March 2022 ( the period of our three court appearances) but I felt like she lost focus on my case resulting in a financially catastrophic outcome for me. The judge ending up ruling that I have No change in alimony, that I pay my ex wife’s $30,000 in attorney fees, all the arrears alimony I couldn’t afford to pay.This on top of the $30,000 I paid Ms Anderson and $10,000 to her recommended forensic accountant. All these expenses were paid through what little I have left in my retirement account. Needless to say, stay away