Kate joined HKSA in 2010, after clerking first for Justice John Warner (retired), and Justice Michael Wheat of the Montana Supreme Court. Kate is a 2008 graduate of the University of Montana School of Law. During law school she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Donald Molloy, judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana, assisted in teaching Torts to first year students, and was a member of the staff of the Montana Law Review. Kate is admitted to practice in the state courts of Montana and Oregon, and is a member of the Montana State Bar, Oregon State Bar, and the American Bar Association.

Kate is originally from Overland Park, Kansas. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1993 and a Master’s degree in Environmental Biology from Emporia State University in 1996 where she studied the effects of habitat fragmentation on mammal populations. Kate then worked for the National Park Service for ten years as an interpretive ranger, an emergency medical technician, and a law enforcement ranger in Grand Teton, Hawaii Volcanoes, and Rocky Mountain National Parks.

Kate enjoys mountain biking, telemark and cross-country skiing, hiking, reading, traveling and spending time with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.