Katherine was born in Calgary and graduated from the University of Calgary in 1995 with a degree in Political Science and graduated from the University of Alberta with her LL.B in 2000. She relocated to the United States and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2002. She later moved to Ontario where she articled and was called to the Bar in 2006. She relocated to Central Alberta in 2007 and was called to the Bar in Alberta that same year. Katherine’s legal background includes personal injury, wills and estates, real estate, representing children in child protection matters and in high conflict parenting matters and she is a registered collaborative family lawyer. Katherine has extensive experience representing children in child intervention matters. She has been a roster lawyer with Legal Representation of Children and Youth(LRCY) through the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate since 2010.

Katherine’s practice has included mediation since 2012 and she holds the Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator Advanced designation with Family Mediation Canada. Katherine is currently in the process of working towards her certification as an Elder Mediator with Family Mediation Canada and she is a member of the Family Mediation Canada Elder Mediation Committee. Katherine has considerable experience working with families and she is committed to assisting them to reduce their conflict and work towards solutions to resolve their issues outside the court process.