Katherine Gipe Holmes
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Katherine Gipe brings years of experience with families and children to every case she handles. She is a skilled attorney, successful mediator and passionate volunteer child representative with experience in domestic relations and estate planning. She is recognized for her negotiation skills and courtroom advocacy. Katherine has worked exclusively in domestic relations since graduating from the University of Illinois (Chicago). During law school, she served as an extern to the Chief Judge of Domestic Relations, Hon. Grace Dickler in Cook County, as well as assisting two other domestic relations judges in 2012-2013. Prior, she earned her place as an extern to seven domestic relations judges in Will County in 2011. Her courtroom experience includes four years of family law in private practice, and prior to that, representing clients and children with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services as an attorney and child representative. As a public interest student attorney, she was awarded an esteemed PILI Internship, as well as internships enabling her to represent clients in court with Cabrini Green Legal Aid and Chicago's Domestic Violence Legal Clinic. Her negotiation skills have been recognized at the and she received recognition as the top negotiator during competition. Before committing to family law, Katherine was a public educator in Kindergarten and private professional in early childhood, working with children ages three to six. She is a proud graduate of the University of Iowa and also the University of Illinois (Chicago) Law School (JMLS), where she returned to teach as an adjunct professor in 2016. Her professional memberships and engagements include: Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association, Mentorship Circles with Alliance for Women, and Family Law Divisions of each. She has been selected as a participant for Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence's exclusive year-long Leadership Academy is a member of Women Belong's Lincoln Park Chapter, and a passionate supporter of the anti-domestic violence movement. When she's not working passionately for her clients, she spends as much time as possible at the beach.
About Child Custody Law
Child custody attorneys help parents establish and modify custody arrangements. They advocate for the best interests of children in custody disputes. Common matters include custody disputes, visitation rights, custody modifications, parenting plans.