Kathleen Marie Barrett

EDUCATION After a successful career in health care management at UCLA, Kathleen decided to follow her long time goal to become an attorney. She graduated from Ventura College of Law in 2010 with high honors, receiving scholarships from the CPA Law Society and the Hintz Family Scholarship for Public Service. She also served as Secretary of the Student Bar Association and Vice President of Delta Theta Phi, an international law fraternity. Kathleen is now a faculty member at Ventura College of Law, as an instructor of Legal Research. BAR ADMISSION Kathleen was admitted to practice in the State of California on June 1, 2010. She was also admitted to Practice in the United States Federal District Court in July 2010. ACTIVITIES Throughout law school, Kathleen volunteered with Grey Law, a non-profit organization that provides legal services to senior citizens. She served on the Board of Directors of Grey Law from 2010 until 2014. Kathleen is a certified mediator with Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement. She mediates cases in small claims court as well as family, marital and domestic partnership disputes. Kathleen is currently a member of the Ventura County Bar Association and the Ventura County Family Law Bar Association. She is also an active member of Ventura County’s Jerome H. Berenson American Inn of Court, a professional organization of the county bar and bench, dedicated to advancing competence, civility and camaraderie in the legal community. Kathleen received the James D. Loebl Award for Public Service from the Ventura County Bar Association in 2013, and a Certificate of Recognition from California State Assembly Member Scott Wilk. She is a member of the Ventura County Volunteer Lawyers Service Program, and volunteers at the Simi Valley Free Clinic. Having experienced the heartbreak of heroin addiction in her own family, Kathleen participates in the activities of Not One More, a grass-roots movement which began in Simi Valley in 2012 by two women who had lost their children and wanted to make the city a safe city for all children, families and neighbors. Not One More is now a non-profit organization with chapters in Ojai; Pittsburgh and York, Pennsylvania; Southern Indiana; and Seattle, Washington. In 2015 Kathleen was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Simi Valley Chapter. PRACTICE AREAS Kathleen's focus is on the family. In addition to all aspects of family law, including dissolution, restraining orders, child custody and support, she also represents individuals in step-parent adoptions, guardianships, conservatorships, and small estate plans.