She graduated from William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law), summa cum laude, and was an executive editor of the William Mitchell Law Review. Kate also graduated from Carleton College, magna cum laude, with a bachelor of arts degree in American Studies. In addition, Kate is a master of laws (LL.M.) candidate at the University of Arkansas, Agriculture and Food LL.M. program, where she is also a graduate assistant and expects to graduate in the spring of 2018. Before entering private practice, Kate clerked for the Hon. Judge Lawrence Stauber of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.