Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning 
• Alternative Dispute Resolution 
• Estate, Probate, and Trust Administration 
• Business ​

​Education
Undergraduate:
BA, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 1993

Law School:

• JD, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY, 1996,
• CHIEF JUDGE OF HONOR COURT
  
• STAFF MEMBER OF URBAN LAWYER
  
•  INTERN LAW CLERK OF CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS

Post Grad:
 LL.M. DISPUTE RESOLUTION, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – COLUMBIA 2006

Bar Admissions
KANSAS & MISSOURI 1997

Experience
Katie Moore joined the firm as Of Counsel in April, 2018 and practices primarily in the firm's office in Springfield, Missouri. Ms. Moore focuses her practice on estate planning, trust and probate administration, business succession planning and mediation.

Ms. Moore received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and a LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri - Columbia. While at UMKC, Ms. Moore was an intern law clerk for the Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Kansas, served on the staff of The Urban Lawyer and was the Chief Judge of the Honor Court. Ms. Moore practiced in the Kansas City area in both Kansas and Missouri for five years before moving to Springfield with her family. She has served as an adjunct professor teaching a graduate level Communication and Negotiation course at Missouri State University. Ms. Moore has extensive experience mediating civil and family matters and has assisted in the development of mediation programs in three counties in Southern Missouri.

Ms. Moore is involved in numerous organizations in the Springfield community as a board member and volunteer. She currently serves as a board member of the Springfield Branson National Airport Board, Springfield Greene County Library Board of Trustees, and Mercy Hospital Health Foundation Board. She is a past president of the Junior League of Springfield and past board member of Isabel's House Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks, Child Advocacy Center and the Springfield Ballet. Ms. Moore is a private pilot holding single engine, multi engine and instrument ratings.

Affiliations
THE MISSOURI BAR –     

• VICE CHAIR, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
• APPOINTED MEMBER, COMPLAINT RESOLUTION COMMITTEE

• SOUTHERN MISSOURI WOMEN LAWYERS – BOARD MEMBER
• SPRINGFIELD BAR ASSOCIATION
• LAWYER PILOT BAR ASSOCIATION
• ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEY MEDIATORS
• ASSOCIAITON OF MISSOURI MEDIATORS

Community Affiliations

• Springfield Branson National Airport – Board member
• Springfield Greene County Library – President of the Board of Trustees
• Mercy Hospital Foundation – Secretary of Board
• Junior League of Springfield – current Board member and Past President

Publications & Presentations

• Qualified Joint Spousal Trusts to local trust company and Protecting Your Assets