Attorney
Katrina Kearsley is an Attorney at Dellino Family Law Group, where she focuses her practice on family and domestic relations matters, including divorce, asset division, custody, alimony, and child support. Before joining Dellino, Katrina clerked on the East Coast for a judge whose docket was devoted to matrimonial and family law. That experience continues to shape how she approaches every case.
My Approach
Family law is never just paperwork. It is about what people stand to keep, what they stand to lose, and how the decisions made during a case can continue to affect them long after the case is over. Understanding those stakes means seeing every case from two distances at once.
The close view came from sitting inside a family court and watching, motion after motion, which arguments actually moved a judge and which ones the room simply endured. Now, I build every filing and every argument around that lesson, looking past what may sound compelling to what will actually matter to the outcome.
The wide view came from how I was raised. In my family, gatherings routinely included a dozen people or more. I learned early that family is rarely just the two people in a dispute. Every custody decision, support order, or settlement lands on a larger network of people whose lives are connected.
What separates a decent outcome from a strong one is knowing which fight the case calls for. Some matters require restraint and careful problem-solving. Others require firmness and sharp advocacy. Recognizing the difference, and adjusting accordingly, is the judgment I bring to every matter.
Background
I grew up in Washington and earned both my undergraduate and law degrees from Seattle University. During law school, I participated in the Moderate Means legal aid clinic, assisting clients navigating family law and domestic violence matters. I remember one client who could only speak with me during the single hour each day her husband left the apartment. Her circumstances were a reminder that coercive control is not always visible in the way the law expects it to be.
Experiences like hers became the subject of my Note as an associate editor on the Seattle University Law Review, where I wrote about strengthening state domestic violence protections around coercive control. They also showed me why I wanted to practice family law: few areas of law reach so directly into the decisions that determine how someone gets to live the rest of their life.
About Me
I am the kind of traveler who picks a place where I do not speak the language, books the ticket, and figures out the rest when I get there. That instinct took me to Jindal Global Law School in Delhi to study abroad, which remains one of the best decisions I made in school. At home, I spend most of my free time visiting my family and friends, at a workout class, or getting bossed around by my eight-year-old Chihuahua mix, Lucy.
At A Glance
Practice Focus Areas
• High asset divorce
• High conflict family law
• Child custody and support
• Spousal support
• Domestic violence family law
Education
• J.D., Seattle University School of Law
• B.A., Seattle University
Professional Associations & Affiliations
• Washington State Bar Association, Family Law Section
• King County Bar Association
