Katrina Seipel is a Shareholder on the firm’s Family Law practice group. Katrina represents clients in all types of family law cases. Her team is well versed in complex family law matters including divorce, custody disputes, modification issues, international disputes, and restraining and protective orders. Katrina also represent clients in matters involving civil child abduction, child kidnapping, international and interstate child custody disputes, and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. She is licensed in Oregon state and federal courts, the Supreme Court of the United States, and frequently collaborates with colleagues in other states and countries on interstate and international cases. She has been admitted pro hac vice in U.S. District Courts in the states of Washington, Florida, Idaho, and Virginia on matters involving international child abductions. Prior to joining Buckley Law, Katrina worked as an attorney with Metropolitan Public Defender, a non-profit law firm that provides criminal defense services for indigent clients. While at the public defender’s office, she tried more than 80 cases to a jury, earning great respect from the local bench. Katrina is a compassionate and meticulous attorney, as well as a fierce advocate for her clients. Katrina earned her J.D. from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has degrees in Psychology and Dietetics from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Outside of work, you will most likely find Katrina spending time with her husband and their daughter and son. Katrina and her family frequent the Oregon Coast. Katrina also enjoys reading, going for long walks, and DIYing her home. Divorce, Custody, Support Divorce, Custody, Support Katrina Seipel and Skinner have extensive experience and expertise helping clients with international family law issues. The following are recent cases: Represented left-behind parent in federal Hague child abduction case where child was successfully returned to client’s care in Canada Acted on behalf of a client in a multi-day hearing resulting in a court ruling in our client’s favor allowing them to travel with child to Japan over objection of the other parent Represented a client, without Hague involvement, to have child successfully returned to Oregon after the child was removed from the country without clients’ knowledge or consent Prevailed in a Hague child abduction trial upon finding of no habitual residence and grave risk of harm defense Won a multi-day trial on a Hague child abduction case for a client with the court finding no wrongful removal of children Won a bench trial with mature child defense on a Hague child abduction matter Negotiated international jurisdictional issues between Oregon and Ireland, saving client from having to pay thousands each month in spousal support Prevailed in Hague child abduction trial in Western Virginia US District Court where the court ruled the child was wrongfully taken from their habitual residence and defeating two defenses asserted by the taking parent Successfully had a client’s child returned after a multi-day Hague child abduction trial where the court ruled the child was wrongfully withheld from their habitual residence
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Hague Child Abduction Case / Canada
Travel with Child Outside Country / Japan
Child Successfully Returned to Oregon
Hague Child Abduction Case / United Kingdom
Hague Child Abduction Case / France
Hague Child Abduction Case / Serbia
International Spousal Support / Ireland
Hague Child Abduction Case / South Korea
Hague Child Abduction Case / Mexico
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