Kate A. Neugent

Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Milwaukee, WI

Family Law, Child Custody, Property, Divorce

11270 W. Park Place, Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI 53224

About Kate A. Neugent

Practice Areas

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
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.

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

Published Works

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).

Kate A. Neugent

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Retired
Family Law, Child Custody, Property, Divorce, Father's Rights, Same Sex
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33 years of experience
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