Katherine R. Sookhoo
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Katherine R. Sookhoo
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel LLPTotal Records: 1Biography
Kate's practice encompasses family law and domestic relations, including: sophisticated and complex divorce and support cases, adoptions, prenuptial agreements, contentious custody litigation, relocation cases, and Hague cases involving international abduction and retention of children by their parents.
Kate currently serves as the Atlantic Regional Chair of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, and she is a BYU Law Alumni Board member. Kate serves as the Director of Communication for her church in the Philadelphia region. In law school, Kate clerked for the Fourth Judicial District in Provo, Utah, as well as the Immigration Court of the Department of Justice in Philadelphia. Kate also participated in the Jessup International Moot Court Team and taught a graduate level course in mediation at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Kate enjoys spending time with her husband and five kids. Kate lives in Chester County.
Bar Admission
Pennsylvania, 2003
New Jersey, 2004
Other Affiliations
J. Reuben Clark Law Society - Atlantic Regional Chair
Brigham Young University Law Alumni Board
Education
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Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, 2002 J.D.
Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Team
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Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1999 B.A.Major: History - Secondary Education Teaching
Honers
- Unsung Hero, The Legal Intelligencer for her pro bono work in 2010
- Pro Bono Roll of Honor by the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania on October 27, 2011