Rosalie Kernodle

A smaller practice, so every family gets the lawyer they met.

I chose family law because it is the one kind of law where the person across the table is often someone you will still be dealing with in ten years, at a graduation or a funeral. That changes how I work. I look for the settlement that holds up, not the sharpest letter.

The office is small by design: me, and a paralegal who knows the forms better than anyone. We return calls the same day or the next business morning, and we say plainly when something is outside what we do.

Outside the office I volunteer with the neighborhood groups that help families find their way to legal help, which keeps me listening to what people actually ask.