Katie Burke is a family law attorney and writer in San Francisco. Prior to entering law school, she earned a master’s degree in counseling. She owns Burke Family Law and writes Noe Kids, a monthly column for The Noe Valley Voice, in which she spotlights children ages four to twelve who live in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, after interviewing them on various themes. She also regularly contributes judicial and attorney profiles to San Francisco Attorney, the Bar Association of San Francisco’s magazine. Burke has been published by HarperCollins, the L.A. Times, The Journal of Law and Social Challenges, Trial Insider, BASF Bulletin (the Bar Association of San Francisco’s newspaper), Legal by the Bay(the Bar Association of San Francisco’s blog), the San Francisco Chronicle, The Examiner, The Fairfield Citizen-News, The SoMa Literary Review, Women’s Voices, The Sitting Room, The Compass, Culture-Voice, and The Street Spirit. She has been broadcast for KQED, read at Litquake, and taught writing at City College of San Francisco.