Meet the Family Law Attorneys Attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Meet Katie Kelley

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the most rewarding aspect of my practice
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is being able to work personally with
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with our clients so you develop personal
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relationships with them family law is
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unlike a lot of other kinds of law and
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that you can you work directly
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person-to-person with your clients if
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you need a family law attorney there’s
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your usually there’s something difficult
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going on in your life so we recognize
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that a lot of our clients are not I
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don’t want to say not at their best but
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they’re going through a very hard time
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in their lives quite often and it’s
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gratifying to be able to help them
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through that process I think that’s
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really important to have an outside
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perspective someone who knows the law in
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the States and can help you through the
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divorce process or the paternity process
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because you you do need assistance
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whether legally and emotionally my
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background and experience I went to
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undergraduates went to college at
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University of wisconsin-madison and then
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graduated from from uw-madison with a
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with a bachelor’s and International
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Studies global security and Gender
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Studies newel I was interested in human
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rights and civil rights hadn’t decided
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on law school yet moved to Chicago where
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I did ultimately decide to go to law
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school I went to Loyola University in
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Chicago while in Chicago I continued my
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development of human rights law and
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started working at the Legal Aid Society
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in Chicago where I was on the domestic
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violence team under a supervising
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attorney who did orders for protection
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and then ultimately divorces a lot of
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the times segwayed from the orders for
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protection I was on the team because I
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can speak Spanish I was exclusively the
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Spanish speaking clients attorney in
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Chicago
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student attorney in Chicago I think all
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but two of my clients were
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spanish-speaking so that that’s been
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helpful to learn to translate a lot of
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the legal terms and ideas into Spanish
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and I enjoy doing that I would like to
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continue my work here I still have a few
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clients that speak Spanish but I’m
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always looking for more I work with
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Tubman as one of the volunteer
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organizations
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and they send in spanish-speaking
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clients to me for volunteer pro bono
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family law cases I also work with Casa
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de Esperanza which is another
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organization for women who are survivors
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of domestic abuse and have worked with
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them as pro bono clients as well
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actually I took the bar here in
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Minnesota in summer of 2017 wasn’t sworn
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into October of 2017 spent a lot of time
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in fall of 2017 trying to learn about
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the family law community here in
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Minneapolis it’s it’s a small very
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connected community which is trying to
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break in is quite difficult as a new
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attorney especially if you’re a new
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graduate but everyone I had talked to
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you and network with everyone would
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always mention Nancy’s name you need to
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talk to Nancy Berg with your interests
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you need to talk to Nancy I was
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interested in family law and an
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international aspect of family law and
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that’s pretty unique unique area of
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expertise so I came into me with Nancy
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for an informational interview in
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November of 2017 and I have not left
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since that informational interview I get
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a lot of support I there’s a lot of
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mentor mentorship here whether through
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other attorneys who have been here
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obviously Nancy’s practice for almost 40
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years of family law so there’s a wealth
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of knowledge here and a lot of
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experience and I’m it’s a great place to
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learn as you can see that’s a firm of
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women attorneys it’s a very supportive
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environment for a new woman attorney and
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I’ve I enjoy it here I enjoy working
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here
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Minneapolis, MN family law attorney Katie Kelley talks about the most rewarding aspect of her practice as well as her background & experience.

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