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About Katharine

Katharine began her career in estate planning during her studies at Stanford Law School, preparing wills, trusts, and probate filings as a law clerk in a busy estate planning boutique.  After graduating in 1997, Katharine accepted a position with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP (now Bingham McCutchen LLP), a large Silicon Valley law firm, where she specialized in commercial litigation, appeals, and hospital/medical staff law.  Katharine remained with Bingham for eleven years before moving to Portland and joining the Oregon State Bar in 2008.  Since that time, she has returned to her estate planning roots, focusing her practice on guiding individuals and families through the estate planning and probate process. 

Katharine lives in northeast Portland with her husband and two children.  She is a member of the Estate Planning section of the Oregon State Bar, the State Bar of California, Oregon Women Lawyers, and Portland Women in Business, and serves as Treasurer of the Alameda Elementary School PTA.  In her spare time she enjoys hiking with her family, cooking, photography, and best of all, reading a good book.

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