Kathryn Shea's professional life developed in Massachusetts, where she completed her undergraduate and legal education and was later admitted to practice. Boston, the state capital, has long been the principal legal center of Massachusetts, with courts, law firms, and the state's bar institutions concentrated there.
Shea received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1980. Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and its undergraduate college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has offered a liberal arts education combining broad study with concentrated work in a chosen field.
She then studied at Boston College Law School, where she received a Juris Doctor in 1985. Boston College was founded in 1863 as a Jesuit institution in Boston, and its law school, located in Newton, Massachusetts, prepares graduates for admission to the bar and for legal practice in the region.
Shea was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1985, the year she completed her Juris Doctor. Admission to a state bar authorizes a lawyer to practice law in that state and marks the transition from legal education to professional practice.
She also worked as a partner of S Eggeuno. In a law partnership, partners share ownership and management of the practice, a position distinct from that of associates, who are employed by the firm and typically work under the supervision of partners.
