Member since January 2021
Kathryn Burmeister makes a point to live every day.
As an attorney, she is a tireless advocate for her clients. As a human being, she channels her passion for others into animal rescue, charities, and other causes.
An animal lover, she rescued her first in the sixth grade. Today, she is surrounded by other rescues—five cats and a dog. She has ridden horses since she was seven years old; her disciplines include saddle-seat, hunter/jumper, and dressage.
Kathryn has served on the Board of Directors for Ahimsa House, a non-profit that helps domestic violence survivors and their pets get out of abusive situations. She is a member of Animal Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit whose mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system, and is a member of their Pro Bono Program network; a member of the ACLU, a non-profit that works through the legal system and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country; and a member of the Female Founder Collective, a network of businesses led by women, that enables and empowers female owned and led businesses to positively impact communities, both socially and economically. She is also a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, whose mission is to protect the Constitutional promise of justice for all by guaranteeing the right to trial by jury, preserving an independent judiciary, and providing access to the courts for all Georgians.
Though she never anticipated having her own business, after a number of tumultuous events, Kathryn started her own law firm in October of 2018 and focuses exclusively on personal injury by giving a voice to those that have been hurt because of someone else. She wrote her first book, “Addicted to the Status Quo,” in 2020 and began speaking about self-care, business, and law the same year. Her passion for helping others is a theme that crosses between her presentations. Kathryn has a particular passion for mental health, self-improvement, and emotional intelligence, which she integrates into her legal practice, speaking, and writing as well.
Her experience and story has been heard by graduate and undergraduate university classes, podcast audiences, and magazine readers.
Kathryn is an unconventional, animal-loving attorney dedicated to making a difference for others through education, activism, and self-care. She uses her voice to advocate for the under-served and under-represented. Helping animals, humans, or the environment is what drives her forward.
Unafraid to share her mental health journey, Kathryn is open and honest about the challenges that she has faced in not only finding the courage to overcome her addiction to the status quo but also the work and dedication that it took to do so. Her transformation occurred in 2018, which led her to open her own law firm, pursue writing a book, and begin sharing her story so others could learn to avoid or overcome their addiction to the status quo that harms so many individuals and communities.
Kathryn's story begins with overcoming adversity. Her adversity manifests in the form of her mental health and relationship with depression and anxiety, which began in high school. Knowing that she wanted to be an attorney from a young age, Kathryn set her sights on her target early and based her decisions on reaching that goal. But when she didn't get into her first picks for law school, she was temporarily set back. After getting into law school, she was regularly near the bottom of her class. She had to take the bar exam three separate times over the course of a year in order to finally pass. After landing her dream job, an untimely death upended everything. Over the next year, her resolve, compassion, self-esteem, and well-being were almost irreparably damaged. That is when she won the battle against her addiction to the status quo.
Kathryn speaks to students at her alma mater, Mercer University, and shares her experience on deciding to become a lawyer, what influenced the area of law that she chose, and how to navigate the demands placed on lawyers, young lawyers, and female lawyers. Mercer University has outstanding pre-professional programs for students who plan to pursue professional degrees, including pre-law. Mercer provides undergraduate students with an excellent foundation of knowledge and skills to succeed in the most rigorous of professional programs and the opportunity to participate in programs that allow for special consideration into such programs with Mercer University graduate schools.
Get to know Kathryn from her interview by VoyageATL magazine for their new series The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative. Speaking about her law firm, how she came to own her own business, and the benefits of growing up with a supportive family. Since a lot of media portrayals of women have been too one dimensional, The Trailblazers series highlights and celebrates female role models, encourages more equal and just representation in the media, and helps foster a more tight-knit community locally helping women find mentors, business partners, friends and more.
Kathryn shares information about her upcoming book "Overcoming Addiction to the Status Quo" and the idea of not having to hit rock bottom to take control of your life with Managing Partner Whitney Mendoza of Liger Partners, a full-service branding agency that is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of any organization. The Jungle podcast shares business ideas and stores, promotes brands and products, and marketing always reigns king.
Learn about Kathryn and how she became an attorney by overcoming adversity and staying true to her passion for helping others in her interview by Dontaye Carter, creator of Beyond the Brand podcast and founder of Carter Media Group, a full-service public relations firm specializing in helping attorneys to own their story. Beyond the Brand podcast highlights the stories of successful individuals that have overcome obstacles to reach their goals.
Unafraid to share her mental health journey, Kathryn is open and honest about the challenges that she has faced in not only finding the courage to overcome her addiction to the status quo but also the work and dedication that it took to do so. Her transformation occurred in 2018, which led her to open her own law firm, pursue writing a book, and begin sharing her story so others could learn to avoid or overcome their addiction to the status quo that harms so many individuals and communities.
Kathryn's story begins with overcoming adversity. Her adversity manifests in the form of her mental health and relationship with depression and anxiety, which began in high school. Knowing that she wanted to be an attorney from a young age, Kathryn set her sights on her target early and based her decisions on reaching that goal. But when she didn't get into her first picks for law school, she was temporarily set back. After getting into law school, she was regularly near the bottom of her class. She had to take the bar exam three separate times over the course of a year in order to finally pass. After landing her dream job, an untimely death upended everything. Over the next year, her resolve, compassion, self-esteem, and well-being were almost irreparably damaged. That is when she won the battle against her addiction to the status quo.
Kathryn speaks to students at her alma mater, Mercer University, and shares her experience on deciding to become a lawyer, what influenced the area of law that she chose, and how to navigate the demands placed on lawyers, young lawyers, and female lawyers. Mercer University has outstanding pre-professional programs for students who plan to pursue professional degrees, including pre-law. Mercer provides undergraduate students with an excellent foundation of knowledge and skills to succeed in the most rigorous of professional programs and the opportunity to participate in programs that allow for special consideration into such programs with Mercer University graduate schools.
Get to know Kathryn from her interview by VoyageATL magazine for their new series The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative. Speaking about her law firm, how she came to own her own business, and the benefits of growing up with a supportive family. Since a lot of media portrayals of women have been too one dimensional, The Trailblazers series highlights and celebrates female role models, encourages more equal and just representation in the media, and helps foster a more tight-knit community locally helping women find mentors, business partners, friends and more.
Kathryn shares information about her upcoming book "Overcoming Addiction to the Status Quo" and the idea of not having to hit rock bottom to take control of your life with Managing Partner Whitney Mendoza of Liger Partners, a full-service branding agency that is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of any organization. The Jungle podcast shares business ideas and stores, promotes brands and products, and marketing always reigns king.
Learn about Kathryn and how she became an attorney by overcoming adversity and staying true to her passion for helping others in her interview by Dontaye Carter, creator of Beyond the Brand podcast and founder of Carter Media Group, a full-service public relations firm specializing in helping attorneys to own their story. Beyond the Brand podcast highlights the stories of successful individuals that have overcome obstacles to reach their goals.