Kathrina S. Peterson
ASSOCIATE

PRACTICE AREAS: Domestic Relations Law.

ADMITTED: Massachusetts, 2001; District of Columbia, 2001; Maryland, 2004; other admissions: United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2003.

EDUCATION: Georgetown University Law Center (LLM), 2004; Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.), 2000; University of Colorado, Boulder, magna cum laude, 1996.

BIO: Prior to joining Kuder, Smollar & Friedman, Ms. Peterson was a 2000-02 Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center's Domestic Violence Clinic, where she litigated civil protection order (CPO) cases on behalf of survivors of domestic violence, advised and supervised law students on CPO cases, and co-taught weekly seminar classes. Ms. Peterson received the 2001 Frederick B. Abramson Public Interest Fellowship Award for her commitment to the use of law for the advancement of the community and public interest. After her Fellowship, Ms. Peterson litigated plaintiff-side employment discrimination cases for The Goldsmith Law Firm in numerous jurisdictions, including the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Maryland Court of Appeals. From 2003-04, Ms. Peterson clerked for the Honorable Judith Bartnoff of the D.C. Superior Court. During that time, Judge Bartnoff was assigned to the Domestic Relations I Calendar, where she handled the complex family law cases. At the end of Ms. Peterson's clerkship in September 2004, she joined Kuder, Smollar and Friedman, where she has continued to work on cases involving divorce, child custody, child support, and other issues related to family law. Ms. Peterson has also served as a guardian ad litem in matters before the D.C. Superior Court.

MEMBER: District of Columbia Bar (Member: Section of Family Law); Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Maryland State Bar Association (Member, Section of Family Law); Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Section of Family Law); Massachusetts Bar Association.