Katie is a founding partner at Jay & Campbell, a statewide adoption law firm with a busy trial and appellate practice. Many of the firm’s cases involve the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). Katie is experienced at litigating throughout Florida in trial and appellate courts, as well as administrative tribunals. Experienced in both state and federal courts, Jay & Campbell prevailed in obtaining Jamaica’s first return of a child under the Hague Abduction Convention.

Katie is recognized by colleagues as an expert adoption attorney who uses best practices and adheres to the highest ethical standards. Driven by her personal experiences as an adoptive mother and former foster parent, Katie helps her clients advocate for child-centered adoption laws. She has co-chaired the national Foster Committee for the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) and has served as a Trustee on AAAA’s national board. 

Katie has worked as executive director and general counsel for a multi-state adoption agency and represented Florida’s Department of Children and Families as a senior prosecutor in Miami. Prior to advocacy in the child welfare field, Katie represented many clients in complex business and insolvency litigation. She has represented adoption organizations as amicus curiae in state and federal lawsuits and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and The Federalist. Katie has spoken and provided trainings on adoption to the Department of Children and Families and the National Council For Adoption.

Katie was appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as a Commissioner on Florida’s Judicial Nominating Commission for the 19th Judicial Circuit. She earned her law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and BA in Government from the University of Texas.

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Bar Admissions:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• All Florida state courts
• U.S. District Court Southern District (Florida)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District (Florida)
• U.S. District Court Middle District (Florida)
• U.S. District Court Northern District (Florida)