Kathy Kimmel

Practice Areas

A seasoned litigator and trial attorney, Kathy helps clients protect and preserve their interests in complex commercial, business, health care, fiduciary and trust and estates controversies.

Kathy has tried cases to conclusion in federal and state courts and before arbitrators. Recognizing that client interests require immediate action, Kathy’s practice includes temporary restraining and injunctive orders. She regularly represents majority and minority owners, officers and directors in intracompany conflicts and helps businesses safeguard their trade secrets and intellectual property from improper use.

Within fiduciary disputes, Kathy represents professional and individual trustees, estate administrators and beneficiaries in probate courts and in other civil litigation. Kathy also counsels employers on mitigating risks related to violations of employment agreements, including noncompetes.

Career

Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Kathy was a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, and before that, at Rider Bennett, LLP. While in law school, she was an editor for the William Mitchell Law Review.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association | Federal Bar Association | Minnesota State Bar Association | Hennepin County Bar Association | Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court (Member since 2000, President 2018-2019) | William Mitchell College of Law, Alumni Board Member (2008-2014), Alumni Board President (2012-2014), Board of Trustees Member (2012-2014)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admission: Minnesota.

Court Admissions: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin.

Personal

Kathy participates in the Tubman Safety Project, which provides pro bono legal representation to low-income victims of domestic violence seeking protection orders.

She also served as an adjunct professor of business law at the College of St. Catherine.

Education