Kelly M. Dodd

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FOCUS OF PRACTICE

Ms. Dodd concentrates her practice in the area of family law. She handles all aspects of divorce, paternity, and post-judgment matters including child custody and placement, child support, property division, and maintenance. She also handles other issues of marriage and the family such as the drafting and defense of Pre-nuptial agreements, Marital Property Agreements, and Cohabitation Agreements. She frequently is appointed by circuit court judges to serve as Guardian ad Litem in actions affecting the family and she has handled multiple family law issues on appeal.

Ms. Dodd has handled complex family cases involving such issues as jurisdiction under the UCCJA, removal contests, child abuse restraining orders, placement enforcement actions, invalid marriages, emergency placement modifications, and interlocutory appeals.

Ms. Dodd represents many real estate management companies and condominium associations in their collection and foreclosure matters.

Ms. Dodd is admitted to practice before all Wisconsin courts and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor: Marquette University Law School, Editor-in-Chief, Marquette Law Review
Bachelor of Arts: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Major: Spanish

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

State Bar of Wisconsin
General Practice Section of the Wisconsin State Bar, Chair, 2004-05; Board Member, 2004-07
Family Law Section of the Wisconsin State Bar
Board of Editors, Wisconsin Journal of Family Law

PUBLICATIONS

“Poor Little Rich Kids: Revising Wisconsin’s Child Support Guidelines to Accommodate High Income Payers” Marquette Law Review, Volume 83, No. 3, 2000.

LEGAL AFFILIATION

Ms. Dodd is a shareholder in the Milwaukee law firm of Petrie & Stocking S.C.

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