User:Kathryn.minton/sandbox

A female attorney and graduate of Washington University Law School in St. Louis, (J.D. 2010) and the University of Virginia, (CLAS 2006), with a German major and History minor. Before, she graduated from the elite, private college preparatory school, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from the University of Virginia (UVA), Kathryn lived in northern Virginia working at Jones Day law firm in Washington, D.C., as a legal and project assistant in the firm's Antitrust and Trial Practice departments.

In law school, Kathryn distinguished herself as a member of the school's exclusive American Bar Association (ABA) National Moot Court team, and as a student selected for the Cash Nickerson Fellowship for research and participation in the Harris World Law Institute's Crimes Against Humanity Initiative. Kathryn was also an active member and eventual co-president of the Africa Law and Public Interest Dispute and Negotiation Program, stemming from her months spent in Durban, South Africa, defending indigent accused criminals on trial for offenses including murder, rape and necrophilia.

Kathryn has served as judicial clerk to two appellate judges; first, for the Honorable Raymond W. Gruender of the United State's Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, then for the Honorable Kenneth M. Romines of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.

After working as a judicial clerk, Kathryn briefly worked as a private attorney practitioner, primarily focused on trial-level litigation. Meanwhile, Kathryn began competing in triathlons and began studying to earn her private pilot license.