Valerie S Kershaw - Family Attorneys: Lexington KY

Experienced Attorneys in Lexington, Kentucky

At Dawahare & Kershaw, L.L.P., we are a small law firm which has chosen to limit our practice to the areas of family law. These areas include Divorce, Custody, Visitation, Child Support, Property Division, Post Decree issues, Pre-Nuptial Agreements,and Adoption. We are also trained to conduct Alternative Dispute Resolution, including mediation, collaborative divorce, and arbitration.

We have chosen to keep the size of our firm small. Dawahare & Kershaw has three partners: Sandra Mendez Dawahare, Esq., Valerie S. Kershaw, Esq., and Suzanne Baumgardner, Esq. Kami Brumley is an associate of the firm. Services are also provided to client in as "of counsel" capacity by Elisabeth (Ellie) Goldman, Esq.
While our firm is small, the attorneys and their experience compliment each other, thereby allowing us jointly to provide you with the exceptional legal services all our clients expect of us.

Dawahare & Kershaw LLP
333 W Vine St #1201
Lexington KY 40507
Tel: 859 381-1145
Fax: 859 381-1165

Valerie Schroeder Kershaw attended Sullins College in Virginia prior to receiving her B.S. from the University of Kentucky where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with High Distinction. Ms. Kershaw graduated Cum Laude from the University of Louisville College of Law and was recipient of the Samuel Greenebaum Public Service Award.

Prior to becoming a founding partner in the law firm of Dawahare & Kershaw in 2003, she was an associate at Landrum & Shouse. Ms. Kershaw also served as a law clerk for Justice James E. Keller and Judge Laurance B. VanMeter.

Ms. Kershaw became a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2006. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Kentucky Bar Association, and has served as the Chair of Family Law Section of the Fayette County Bar Association.

She is trained as a Family Mediator by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Court. She is a frequent lecturer on various topics of Family Law at educational programs for lawyers and other professionals.

Ms. Kershaw is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.