Education
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D. (2005) (Order of the Coif)
University of Montana, B.A. (1996)

Practice Emphasis

Business Planning
Transactions

Kate joined Hershner Hunter in 2005, after graduating first in her class from the University of Oregon School of Law. While in law school, Kate served as an associate editor for the Oregon Law Review and co-authored a paper on local government autonomy among Washington cities for a project led by Harvard Law School. Before attending law school, Kate was a newspaper reporter whose stories appeared on the front pages of The Oregonian and The
Bend Bulletin.

Kate and her husband Dean have three children, Zoe, Van, and Kit. As a family, they enjoy cheering for the Oregon Ducks football, basketball, and lacrosse teams and attending performances by the Eugene Symphony.

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