Background
Barnhart, Katherine L. was born on March 18, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Barnhart, Katherine L. was born on March 18, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Miami University; University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Wayne State University School of Urban Planning. Wayne State University School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976).
Worked at Katherine L. Barnhart, Professional Corporation (Royal Oak, Michigan) specializing in Family and Domestic Relations Law in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. Divorce Mediation and Arbitration. Appellate Practice.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Michigan.
Author: "Understanding the Court Order," Family Advocate, Volume 18, Number.
3, PP2-6; "Post Majority Child Support," Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 69, Number. 2, pp 134-139, February, 1990.
"Domestic Relations Section of Managing a Trial," A Bench Book Commissioned by Wayne County Circuit Court Bench, 1980. "The Spouse Abuse Law," Detroit Lawyer, Volume 46, Number.
7, pp 50-53, October, 1978.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-1996. Served in the United States Peace Corps, Cameroon, West Africa, 1962-1964. Senior Social Planner, City of Detroit, 1964-1968.
Staff Attorney, Wayne County Friend of the Court, 1978.
Presenter, Judicial Seminar for Michigan Circuit Court and District Court Judges, 1981. Member, Child Support Guidelines Committee, State of Michigan, 1985-1986.
Participant, Womens Legal Defense Fund Symposium, October, 1986. Attorney and Instructor for Women in Transition, Spouse Abuse Center, 1978-1980.
Company-Founder: Womens Justice Center, 1976.
Michigan Women"s Campaign Fund, 1980. Member: Detroit (Company-Chair, 1982-1984 and Chair, 1984-1986, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law. Economics of Law Practice) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Family Law Council Section.
Elected to Family Law Council, 1988-1991. Chair, 1993-1994); Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (Treasurer, 1979-1981).
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation.
American Bar Association Foundation.
The firm of Katherine L. Barnhart Professional Corporation, limits its cases to the area of family law and handles cases in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and surrounding county courts. The practice handles mediation and arbitration. Mississippi Barnhart is active in, and is a past chair of the Michigan Family Law Section, a member of the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
The firm has exclusively handled matters of family law for over 20 years.
Author: "Understanding the Court Order," Family Advocate, Volume 18, No. 3, PP2-6
"Post Majority Child Support," Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 69, No. 2, pp 134-139, February, 1990.
"Domestic Relations Section of Managing a Trial," A Bench Book Commissioned by Wayne County Circuit Court Bench, 1980. "The Spouse Abuse Law," Detroit Lawyer, Volume 46, No. 7, pp 50-53, October, 1978.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-1996. Served in the United States Peace Corps, Cameroon, West Africa, 1962-1964. Senior Social Planner, City of Detroit, 1964-1968.
Staff Attorney, Wayne County Friend of the Court, 1978. Presenter, Judicial Seminar for Michigan Circuit Court and District Court Judges, 1981.
Member, Child Support Guidelines Committee, State of Michigan, 1985-1986. Participant, Womens Legal Defense Fund Symposium, October, 1986. Attorney and Instructor for Women in Transition, Spouse Abuse Center, 1978-1980.
Company-Founder: Womens Justice Center, 1976.
Michigan Women"s Campaign Fund, 1980. Member: Detroit (Company-Chair, 1982-1984 and Chair, 1984-1986, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law.
Economics of Law Practice) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Family Law Council Section.
Elected to Family Law Council, 1988-1991.
Chair, 1993-1994). Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (Treasurer, 1979-1981). American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation.
American Bar Association Foundation.