Katharine Hannaher, ’09, will join the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault as their Staff Attorney in April 2023. Kate is returning home to Minnesota after 6 years away, first in American Samoa where she ran the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court practice of the American Samoa Public Defender’s Office, and then in Texas, where she served as Director of Legal Services at Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, the largest provider of civil pro bono representation in the region. She is a member of the Texas Bar College, and Texas bar-certified in guardianship. Before her departure from Minnesota, Kate was an Assistant Hennepin County Public Defender for 5 years. Kate looks forward to continuing to build her practice as an advocate for access to justice and holistic representation for survivors of violence.
Class of 2009