Katherine (Kate) Parke Email & Phone Number

Hyannis, Massachusetts

• Provide legal representation to children and parents facing state intervention in care and protection, termination of parental rights, child requiring assistance, and guardianship proceedings

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed state policy strategy by tracking, analyzing, and responding to changes in policy affecting reproductive rights and access to services, and threats to individuals' religious liberty• Provided information, training, and technical assistance to policymakers, partners, and community advocates regarding prochoice Catholic perspectives• Fostered and sustained relationships with advocates, collegial organizations, and leaders in states and at the national level• Built and maintained network of prochoice Catholic legislators, increasing the network by more than 15%• Conducted research, produced reports, and initiated responses for issues with nation-wide implications including Catholic healthcare systems, federal administration changes and activities, and Supreme Court decisions regarding reproductive rights and/or religious liberty

Silver Spring, Maryland

Conducted research and analysis and organized response for a wide range of policy issues affecting reproductive health in Maryland while working with national and state-level partners, political groups and organizations to lobby priority Maryland legislation supporting a reproductive freedom.• Steered research on status of pregnant and parenting teens at both national and state levels, including implications for race, gender, and socioeconomic status in Maryland to determine compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964• Evaluated needs for policy reform in relations to requirements for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including contributing to legislative language to address these issues and initiating grassroots effort around School-Based Health Centers• Drafted comprehensive report to assist with various stakeholders in the state for policy and law reform regarding reproductive health services in School-Based Health Centers• Monitored, tracked, and analyzed Maryland legislative activity as it related to women’s health from introduction of legislation to amendments, committee hearings, and resolutions• Corresponded with other organizations and participated in coalition meetings to share information and plan actions for community organizing, policy change, law reform, and lobbying the Maryland legislature• Completed specific short research projects and other duties as directed by supervisor in timely manner• Extensive oral and written communication with colleagues, supervisor, various stakeholders, and community

Conducted legal research on matters ranging from business and civil litigation, business law and formation, and probate matters, and drafted legal documents.• Researched and reviewed legal issues, determined and evaluated statutes and precedent case law to support complaints, motions, and responses• Maintained and updated research materials on Westlaw, a web-based legal database, for review and use by supervisor• Developed and maintained external reports to summarize research for supervisor• Worked remotely 90% of the time and able to provide consistent communication with supervisor to review information and research found in reference to assigned legal issue• Drafted legal documents, such as complaints, responses, and motions, working in collaboration with supervisor• Regular oral and written communication with supervisor while maintaining flexibility for varying schedule needs

Greater Boston Area

Represented indigent students in discipline and special education meetings and hearings, as well as mediation or resolution sessions to ensure they were provided Free Appropriate Public Education, and were not denied their rights under state and federal laws including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Served as Guardian Ad Litem for student in truancy action to advise Judge on education options and recommendations.• Conducted research for clients’ cases related to education matters to determine legal requirements and inform parties as necessary actions to ensure no violation of rights• Worked with both children and their parents, and populations varying in socioeconomic background, race, gender, and native language, while maintaining the ability to effectively communicate on a weekly or daily basis to ensure understanding and successful representation• Organized with co-counsel to ensure thorough and effective investigation, planning, and execution of duties in relation to the case• Collected and conducted detailed review of documents to ensure accurate and comprehensive information was included in arguments and recommendations• Extensive preparation for meetings, hearings, and court appearances• Enforced requirements for students with documented Section 504 plans, and obtained and enforced Individual Education Plans for students with disabilities identified under the law• Developed agendas for weekly meetings with supervisor and provided clear and concise summary of matters addressed to-date and next-steps to plan for unresolved matters• Extensive oral and written communication with colleagues, supervisor, clients, opposing counsel, school administrators, medical professionals, and judges

Conducted research and analysis of the marriage duration requirement for social security benefits of divorced and surviving-divorced spouses and identified the implications for victims of domestic violence.• Completed several discrete research projects including public housing benefits for domestic violence victims, estimation of the cost of a domestic violence exception to the marriage duration requirement, typologies of domestic violence and abuse, economic cost of divorce, and domestic violence as an economic harm• Drafted concise and comprehensive reports of pertinent research to provide supervisor with weekly updates• Consistently met deadlines and maintained communication with supervisor through weekly meetings and regular correspondence throughout the week to update research duties according to supervisor’s need• Monitored pending legislation related to social security benefits, including status and committee actions, to ensure final analysis was reflective of current public policy• Regular oral and written communication with supervisor and Social Security Administration personnel

Greater Boston Area

Provided legal assistance to low-income individuals who were terminated or denied by their health insurance provider or were experiencing medical debt, conducted intakes, legal research, and drafted appeals.• Researched legal issues for supervising attorney’s individual client cases for insurance denial and terminations• Researched precedent case law, statutes, and administrative decisions to support clients’ cases• Reviewed insurance plans in their entirety to determine procedure and policy issues and implications• Researched policy issues on mental health parity, including drafting a comprehensive overview document for varying state laws in the U.S.• Detailed review of amended legislation and redlined changes for analysis• Collaborated with other attorneys and participated in weekly meetings for policy questions and case review• Extensive oral and written communication with colleagues, supervisor, stakeholders, clients, and administrative agencies

Hartford, Ct

Worked on approximately thirteen cases doing various assignments including reviewing and drafting documents, as well as conducting mediations to enforce laws against discrimination and advance civil rights through compliance and education.• Conducted initial intake by reviewing evidentiary documents and evaluating issues in discrimination and civil rights matters including Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to determine whether sufficient factual basis for complaint existed• Drafted reconsiderations, objections to summary judgment, settlement conference reports, requests and answers to requests for production, interrogatories, investigation write-ups, enforcements of final decisions, settlement enforcements• Corresponded with other attorneys and personnel, mediating cases to come to settlement agreements and resolutions• Extensive oral and written communication with colleagues, supervisor, complainants, and defendants

Boston, Ma

• Organized and updated Center for Bioethics website• Analyzed and qualified survey data for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities• Observed Ethic's Committee Meeting and Ethic's Rounds

• Conducted legal research• Organized and analyzed findings• Observed court cases

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: National Lawyers Guild, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, National Women's Law Students Association, Phi.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Women's Resource Center