Katelyn (Kate) Kramer Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Supervised team of 3 full-time staff and 12 volunteers. Assisted adults ages 60 and over who had experienced a crime, particularly fraud, identity theft, property crimes, and elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. Disseminated information about victims' compensation and other community resources and connected seniors with supportive services. Presented to community groups on topics related to crime prevention and intervention. Applied for, managed, and conducted monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for grants for the Elder Rights program. Collaborated with community partners including caregivers, legal aid, law enforcement, APS, regulatory agencies, and other organizations working to promote elder rights.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Held a 1-year role as an Elder Financial Exploitation Networks Analyst with the Office for Financial Protection of Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Developed a national toolkit for the development of collaborative elder fraud prevention and response networks. The Toolkit is an online, interactive framework built to facilitate collaboration among key stakeholders, including best practices for conducting community education and professional training events. Developed templates and other network-building resources such as planning guidelines, communication samples, evaluation forms, and coordinator guides. Engaged stakeholders such as adult protective services, law enforcement, regional, state and federal governments agencies, financial services institutions, aging services providers, and legal and other professionals throughout the process of writing over 200 pages of original Toolkit content.

Minneapolis, Mn

Represented low-income individuals in Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings. Staffed VLN’s consumer bankruptcy legal advice clinic for low-income debtors. Established partnerships with statewide and regional bankruptcy and legal service programs. Expanded VLN's bankruptcy services by designing and implementing programs to provide full representation and advice to debtors in under-served parts of the state. Educated debtors about their legal rights. Developed training materials and substantive resources for volunteer attorneys and planned volunteer trainings.

Boston, Ma

Represented and advised low-income clients in guardianship cases and family law matters including divorce, paternity, child support, and adoption. Served as sole Supervising Attorney for VLP's weekly Guardianship Clinic in the Middlesex County Probate and Family Court, where I managed volunteer attorneys and reviewed court documents for completion and accuracy. Conducted intake sessions where I interviewed clients to identify legal issues and determine next steps for their case. Maintained caseload of clients and provided full representation, limited assistance, or general case follow-up as needed. Represented clients before the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court in four divorce cases. Developed and led substantive legal trainings for VLP's volunteer attorneys on how to represent clients in family law and guardianship matters. Conducted research and wrote legal memoranda on family law topics for active cases and for the VLP archives. Co-chaired VLP's Limited English Proficiency Committee and worked on projects to improve services for our LEP clients.

Greater Boston Area

Supervised, mentored, and managed eight undergraduate and graduate Resident Assistants (RAs). Ran group meetings and held monthly one-on-one meetings with each RA to review job performance and provide constructive feedback. Organized and presented educational programming to groups of students.

Greater Boston Area

Assisted 1L, 2L, and 3L students by informing them of current internship, post-graduate fellowship, and post-graduate job opportunities. Advised students about career resources, practical job search techniques, and effective networking strategies. Developed brand new Family Law Guide to teach students about pursuing a career related to family law. Developed materials regarding public interest and public sector employment for online and print publication. Planned and organized career-related events and implemented programming to benefit law students and legal employers.

Washington, D.C.

Developed outreach materials and led community trainings to ensure the effective implementation of national, state and local laws regarding homelessness. Created outreach and educational materials to protect and expand housing rights for survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. Shaped and implemented programming to protect and enhance the education rights of homeless and unaccompanied children and youth. Researched relevant laws and policies.

Boston, Ma

Represented low-income clients with disabilities in eviction defense cases and Social Security disability administrative hearings. Conducted client interviews, engaged in legal research, counseled clients, drafted pleadings and motions, negotiated two settlements, worked with expert witnesses, argued motions in the Boston Housing Court.

Boston, Ma

Conducted client interviews and legal research on litigation and legislative matters. Wrote briefs, internal memoranda, and court documents, including clients' answers, discovery requests, and motions for continuance. Aided individual tenants with their cases, connected clients with support services and resources, and worked with community groups to preserve tenancies and promote the expansion of affordable housing for low income tenants.

Interviewed local leaders and community members. Researched, wrote, and edited news stories. Took photos and video at events. Updated the Star News website with new content when needed.

Tulsa, Ok

Worked as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Tulsa's student paper, "The Collegian,"​ from June 2009-May 2011. Hired and supervised a staff of approximately 12 student editors. Held weekly staff meetings to generate story ideas and determine which leads to pursue. Held weekly layout sessions, led staff in designing and editing the week's newspaper. Edited stories and weekly layout for content, grammar, punctuation, and visual appeal.Worked as News Editor from June 2008-May 2009. Worked as a newswriter from August 2007-May 2008.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Designed, created and updated new websites for the Chile and Uruguay branches of Ashoka, a non-profit organization, while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Communicated in Spanish with my employer and wrote web content in Spanish.

J.D., Concentration In Litigation And Dispute Resolution With Honors, 3.51

Activities and Societies: Executive Editor for Public Interest Law Journal; Civil Litigation Program: Housing, Employment, Family, &.

B.A., English Literature, Journalism, 3.87

Activities and Societies: The Collegian Student Newspaper, Editor-in-Chief & News Editor; Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, Lieutenant.