Kate W. Haakonsen - Glastonbury, CT

• Collaborative Divorce 35%
• Divorce Mediation 35%
• Divorce and Post Divorce Litigation 30%

• 30%

• Senior Partner

• English (Primary)
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Swedish

• Connecticut, 1978
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1982

• Connecticut Bar Association, 1978 - Present (Family Law Section (Chair 2012-2013), Executive and Legislative Committees (1998-present), Board of Editors of the Connecticut Family Lawyer (2006-present), Mediation Committee (1994-1998), Judicial Liaison Committee (1996-1997), Young Lawyers Section (1978-1988): Civil Justice Committee (1980).)
• Hartford County Bar Association (Board of Directors (1985-1986), Family Law Committee (1989-present), Co-Chair of Family Law Committee (2003-2005))
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), 1994 - 2014 (Practitioner Member (1996-2014))
• Academy of Professional Family Mediators, 2014 - Present (Practitioner Member)
• Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce, 1995 - Present (Board of Directors (1996-2001), Secretary (1998-1999), Co-President-Elect (1999-2000), Co-President (2000-2001), Past-President (2001-2002))
• Connecticut Collaborative Divorce Group, Inc. (Treasurer (2004-2011))
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2006 - Present (Member)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)(2002-2008, 2012-2014)
• Connecticut Collaborative Professionals, 2009 - 2015

• Gussak, Jacobson, Silver & McChristian, Partner, 1982 - 1995
• Peck, Haakonsen & McChristian, Partner, 1978 - 1982

• Special Master: Pretrial of divorce matters in the Hartford Judicial District , 1987 - Present
• Small Claims Commissioner - heard and decided Small Claims matters in G.A. 14., 1981 - 1987
• Attorney State Trial Referee - hear certain civil non-jury matters, subject to agreement of the parties, 1990 - 2013
• Statewide Grievance Committee, 1994 - 1996
• Neighborhood Legal Services Volunteer Public Defender Program, 1978 - Present
• Lawyer Referral Service Program of Hartford County Bar Association
• Federal Special Public Defender - By appointment of the court, I represented a young alien charged with mail fraud
• Law Works for People: A Connecticut Bar Association program
• MUJER, Inc. - volunteer counsel, I formed a corporation and helped it to qualify for federal tax exempt status, 1978 - 1979

• Co-author "Connecticut Civil Procedure,", Basic Practice Manual, 1980 Revision, Young Lawyers Section, Connecticut Bar Association, - 1981
  
• Speaker and author of material for seminar on family law in Connecticut, Legal Education Institute, January, 1990 and March, 1991.
  
• Speaker and author of material for a seminar called "Tax Aspects of Divorce in Connecticut," , National Business Institute, - 1993
  
• Speaker for workshops, such as "Understanding Your Divorce.", Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF)
  
• Author: "Public Accommodations Law in Connecticut,", CWEALF, - 1977
  
• Instructor courses on Doing Your Own Divorce and Introduction to Divorce Mediation , The Learning Exchange
  
• Speaker and co-author of material for workshop on relocating parents, 1997 Conference of Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution, - 1977
  
• Facilitator and author of materials for panel discussion on unauthorized practice of law, November, 1999 Conference of Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation, - 1999
  
• Speaker and author of materials for a workshop on unauthorized practice of law, the Gathering of New England Mediators, May, 2000
  
• Organizer and Moderator for a seminar presented "Challenging Our Assumptions About Children, Families and Divorce.", CCDM, - 2002
  
• Speaker and author of materials for a workshop on the role of consulting lawyers in the mediation process, June, 2005 Conference of Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution
  
• Co-author of an article on drafting complaints for dissolution of civil unions, The Connecticut Family Lawyer, Fall, 2006
  
• Speaker and panel member on recognizing and managing the client who is unwilling to fully participate in mediation, Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution in January, 2007
  
• Speaker and author of materials for a workshop on non-attorney mediation, June, 2007 Conference of Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution
  
• Speaker and co-author of materials for a seminar on Mediation Advocacy, Connecticut Bar Association on in February, 2012
  
• Moderator and speaker for a panel on Advocacy in Collaborative Divorce, Connecticut Counsel for Non-Adversarial Divorce, 2014
  
• Moderator and speaker for a family law panel on Professionalism, Connecticut and Hartford County Bar Associations, November, 2014
  
• Presenter and Facilitator for one-day workshop on using interests in the collaborative divorce process , Connecticut Collaborative Divorce Group’s annual retreat, April, 2016

• Connecticut Super Lawyer, Connecticut Super Lawyer Magazine, Family Law, 2010 - 2019

2252 Main Street Glastonbury, CT 06033

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