Kathryn M. Lammers

Partner

Phone: (612) 294-2200
Fax: (612) 294-2201

Katie Lammers has represented hundreds of clients in civil litigation cases in Minnesota, the vast majority of which have been in family law matters. She has experience in virtually every aspect of the litigation process including appeals, jury trials, bench trials, summary judgment hearings, motion practice and ADR, including Early Neutral Evaluations.

Katie is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is also a Board Certified Family Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is a rule 114 qualified neutral and a qualified family law mediator. She is certified as a SENE and FENE provider. She has served on the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission and is a volunteer for Tubman. She also serves as a Ramsey County and Hennepin County volunteer mediator. She is also a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Hennepin County Bar Association, is on the Family Law Council as the publications co-chair with Minnesota Bar Association, and Douglas K Amdahl Inn of Court and is a former member of the Minnesota Association for Justice. She serves as a mentor attorney for the University of St. Thomas mentor program. She has presented various CLEs at the Hennepin County Bar Association on the topics of bankruptcy, divorce and discovery issues, motion hearings and parenting plans. She has authored articles on School Choice in Minnesota and Third Party Custody matters. 

Katie is on the bench and bar committee at the Hennepin County Bar Association working to bring the members of the bench in contact with members of the bar through education. She also serves as a volunteer investigator on the 4th Judicial District Ethics Committee.  

Katie uses her leadership and interpersonal skills to handle a full range of family law concerns from custody and parenting time to the division of complex assets. She believes that the practice of family law should be civil and treats all parties with respect even in the most acrimonious of disputes. She has received compliments from clients, the Court and opposing attorneys as to her professionalism and competency in handling family law cases. Katie’s clients have described her as “knowledgeable”, “excellent”, and an “attorney who truly cares.” Her clients have lauded her for being calm and collected in court, and tough on the opposition.

Areas of Practice

  • Child Support
  • Child Protection
  • Spousal Maintenance
  • Complex Valuation Issues
  • Income Determinations
  • Non-marital Asset Claims
  • Custody
  • Parenting Time
  • Paternity
  • Appeals
  • Dissolution of Marriage
  • Adoption
  • Jurisdictional Issues
  • Grandparent and Third-Party Custody

Bar Admissions

  • State of Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • State of Iowa

Education

  • Hamline University School of Law (2006)
    • General Legal Studies
      Dean’s List, Moot Court- Health Law
  • Arizona State University (2002)
    • B.A. Broadcast Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
    • Dean’s List     
  • Bloomington Jefferson Senior High School (1998)                                                                                                               

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
  • Douglas Amdahl Inn of Court
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
  • Minnesota State Bar Association- Family Law Council Member
  • Minnesota State Bar Association- Publications Co-Chair
  • Minnesota Association for Justice
  • District Ethics Committee Investigator- Hennepin County
  • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Family Law League
  • Rule 114 Qualified Neutral
  • Early Neutral Evaluation/Financial Early Neutral Evaluation Certified
  • Ramsey County Volunteer Mediator
  • Hennepin County Volunteer Mediator
  • UST Mentor
  • Advisory Board Member, University of Minnesota Adoption Medicine Clinic

Past Employment Positions

  • Patrick C. Burns and Associates (2007-2009)
    • Associate Attorney
  • Anderson Lammers, LLC (2006-2007)
    • Attorney

Pro Bono Activities

  • Volunteer Mediator Ramsey and Hennepin County, 2012
  • Tubman Volunteer, 2009
  • Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights – Commissioner

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Delta Gamma

Qualifications

  • SENE and FENE Certified
  • Mediator – Rule 114 qualified neutral
  • Certified Life Coach

Publications & Lectures

  • Trying Your First Third Party Custody Case (2012)
    • Minnesota State Bar Association- Family Law Forum
    • Summary of how to prepare for and try a third-party custody case- from intake, to pleadings to trial, 2012
  • Working with Difficult Opposing Counsel from the Perspective of Young Attorneys (2009)
    • Minnesota State Bar Association- Family Law Forum
    • Tips for new attorneys on dealing with difficult clients and opposing counsel
  • The New Divorce: Dealing with Dividing Debt and Filing Bankruptcy Before, During and After a Divorce Proceeding (2012)
    • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Family Law CLE: Do’s and Don’ts of Discovery in Family Law Cases (2014)
    • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Discovering Discovery (2015)
    • Minnesota State Bar Association- Family Law Publication
  • Fleming Education Group (2017)
    • School Choice- A Focus on the Child as a Learner
  •  Family Law and Tax (2018)
    • Mitchell Hamline Capstone Week Guest Speaker
  • Minnesota Family Law Institute, Paralegal Track (2018)
    • Best Practices for Effective and Efficient Client Intake
  • Minnesota Family Law Institute (2020)
    • Attorney and Judicial Insights on Temporary Motions

Cases

Awards and Recognition

  • Super Lawyers Minnesota “Rising Star” (2011, 2012)
  • Super Lawyers Minnesota (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Top Women Attorneys (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Top 50 Women Attorneys (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Top 100 Attorneys (2022, 2023)
  • Best Lawyers (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

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