Kate serves as Director of Legal Recruiting and Placement and works out of Latitude’s Minneapolis office.

In this role, she helps experienced attorneys and paralegals transition into flexible engagements and permanent positions that align with their personal and professional goals.

Kate has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney, nonprofit Board member, and business owner. She began her legal career in San Diego where she practiced law as an equity partner of the largest plaintiff law firm in the United States, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. She litigated class actions in federal courts related to securities, consumer law, corporate accounting, and corporate governance. Kate opened and managed a Washington DC office for the Firm and later moved to the Twin Cities where she launched the law firm Radsan Smith. There she advised corporate law departments and law firms on litigation management and law firm acquisitions and did M&A work. She also owned and operated a garden business.

Kate earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law where she was Associate Editor of the San Diego Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia (cum laude).

Kate’s civic involvement includes active membership in the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Ramsey County Library Friends. She previously served as Secretary of the Board of Directors for nonprofit Compatible Technology International where she chaired the Board’s Corporate Development and Marketing Committee and served on the Executive Committee. She also served on the Board of the Wildlife Science Center. Kate has volunteered for the Animal Humane Society for over a decade and has successfully fostered more than 40 puppies.