About Kathleen
Our commitment is to help our clients divorce respectfully and efficiently. We offer a divorce mediation process that keeps you focused on the tasks necessary to completing your divorce, and that allows you to create the necessary substantive agreements that best suit your interests and values. Our process is more cost effective than court because you control the process and stay focused on an outcome that works for you rather than one imposed by a court. We also offer mediation to develop paren
Practice areas
- Mediation: 90%
I mediate with couples who are dissolving marriages or domestic partnerships, or who need to resolve family law disputes related to property, parenting or child support. I also mediate with attorneys an their clients in family law cases.
- Arbitration: 10%
I arbitrate family law disputes when meiation is not an option.
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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| WA | Active | 1992 | 06/26/2017 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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| Title | Company name | Duration |
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| Mediator | Northwest Family Mediation | 2010 - Present |
| Associate | Carol Bailey & Associates | 2008 - 2010 |
| Associate | Law Office of J. Mark Weiss, PS | 2002 - 2007 |
| Associate | Linn, Schisel & DeMarco | 1998 - 2002 |
| Court Commissioner Pro Tempore | King County Superior Court | 1998 - 2015 |
| Association name | Position name | Duration |
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| Washington State Bar Association, Family Law Section | Member | 2002 - Present |
| King County Bar Association | Member, Chair 2003-4 | 1993 - Present |
| King County Bar Association | Board of Trustees | 2010 - 2013 |
| Washington State Bar Association | Family Law Section Executive Committee | 2008 - 2011 |
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| Publication name | Title | Date |
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| Washington Family Law | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2016 |
| Lexis Family Law Manual | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2015 |
| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
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| Seattle University School of Law | Law | JD | 1991 |
| California State University, Humboldt State University | Political Science | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1981 |
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| Guardian Ad Litem Training | Co-Chair | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolution A-Z | Co-Chair | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Complex Parenting Plan Issues | Developing and Drafting Child Focused Parenting Plans | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mediation and Arbitration Bootcamp | Preparing your Client for Mediation | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adoptoin Essentials | The UCCJEA | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family Law Mid-Year | Defending and Compelling Discovery | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discovery in Family Law | Defending Against Discovery Requests | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kinship Care Solutions | The Indian Child Welfare Act | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attorney endorsements
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Alexis Squier, Family Attorney
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I endorse this lawyer. Kathy's calm demeanor and thoughtful approach are helpful for people going through difficult family changes.
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Contact
Northwest Family Mediation and Consultation
1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, WA, 98154
Office (206) 684-9460
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