Kate A. Neugent - Milwaukee, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: Public Interest Law Society, Fellowship Recipient 2004
    Honors: Marquette Mediation Competition, Winner 2004
    Honors: Student Bar Association, 3L Class Representative

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Bachelor of Social Welfare
    Honors: magna cum laude

Classes and Seminars

• Critical Maintenance Principles From Temporary to Modified Maintenance,” Milwaukee County Family Court Judges and Commissioner’s Annual Retreat, Presenter, Milwaukee, February 2022.
  
• “Family Law Basics: Handling Post-Judgment Matters”, Milwaukee Bar Association, Presenter, February 22, 2021
  
• “Practitioner Panel”: Judicial Education Family Law Seminar, Presenter, Neenah, Wisconsin, March 2019.
  
• "Family Law: Hot Topics from Experienced GALs," Milwaukee Bar Association Family Law Section, Presenter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 2017.
  
• "Hearing Children's Voices in Family Court," Judicial Education Family Law Seminar, Presenter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, March 2017.
  
• "Basic Divorce," delivered at the 2016 Volunteer Lawyers Project, November 10, 2016.
  
• "Wisconsin Divorce Kit," delivered at the 2015 Wisconsin Solo and Small Firm Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, October 2015.
  
• "Evidentiary Issues Concerning Medical Records from the Perspective of Parents and the Children," delivered to the Legal Action of Wisconsin's Volunteer Lawyers Project, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, November 2008.

Pro Bono Activities

• Milwaukee Family Law Clinic
• Marquette Law School Mediation Clinic-Volunteer Supervisor

Published Works

Articles

• Article: “The Future of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgments” 37 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 93 (October 2020)
  
• “Family Court: Chapter 3” in the State Bar of Wisconsin Guardian ad Litem Handbook, 2018.
  
• Supplement on Wisconsin Prenuptial Law, published in Drafting Prenuptial Agreements (Wolters Kluwer, 2014-2016)
  
• Article: "Enhanced Earning Capacity: Is the Haugan Decision Functionally Obsolete?" 28 Wisconsin Journal of Family Law 2 (April 2008).
  
• Article: "Is the Haugan Decision Functionally Obsolete?" 22 Wisconsin Law Journal 7 (Feb. 18, 2008).
  

Specialties and Certifications

• Completion of Certified Mediator Training with Zena Zumeta
• Completion of Guardian ad Litem Training
• Completion of Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Training
• Family and Children's Court Certified

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Wisconsin, Family Law Section, Member
• Leander J. Foley Society of Family Lawyers, Treasurer, 2019 to 2021, President, 2021 to present
• Society of Family Lawyers, Secretary, 2018 to 2019
• Milwaukee Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
• Committee Member, Consulting Committee for the Milwaukee County Safe Exchange and Visitation Committee, June of 2013 to present
• Collaborative Family Law Counsel of Wisconsin, Member
• The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Certified Member
• National Association of Counsel for Children, Member
• Association of Women Lawyers, Member
• National Association of Professional Women
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Member
• Washington County Bar Association, Member