Karen Galat, the principal of Newburyport Family Law & Divorce Mediation, was admitted to practice law in Massachusetts in 1982 after receiving her Juris Doctor cum laude from Suffolk University Law School. In 1983, she was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In 1990, she had the honor of being admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

While attending Law School, Attorney Galat was employed as a paralegal by the Boston firm of Peabody & Brown. Following her graduation, she worked initially as an associate in Boston at the Law Offices of Edmund E. Fleming and then as an associate with the Newburyport firm of Beit, Stevens & O’Flaherty.

In 2000, Attorney Galat opened her own law office in Newburyport where she continued her Divorce and Family Law practice. She has been named as a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) on numerous occasions by the Essex County Probate & Family Court and is uniquely qualified to handle cases in which custody is disputed.

Between 2003 and 2011, Attorney Galat owned and operated Clipper City Networks, a web development company, and Snowvillage, a country inn and restaurant just outside of Conway, NH. She returned to Newburyport and to the practice of law in 2011 and opened Newburyport Family Law. Divorce Mediation was added in 2012.

Newburyport Family Law & Divorce Mediation offers a compassionate approach to resolving legal issues, focusing on mediation as the most efficient and cost-effective solution.

ADDRESS

Brown’s Wharf
40R Merrimac Street, Suite 202W
Newburyport, MA 01950
(978) 462-1400