Callaway, Kathleen E.
Katie Callaway is a Director in Fennemore’s Trusts and Estates practice group, specializing in estate planning, probate, and estate and trust administration. Katie’s areas of expertise include preparing comprehensive estate plans, including drafting revocable trusts, Wills, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and premarital agreements. Katie also works with clients on advanced wealth transfer strategies through the use of a variety of irrevocable trusts, including charitable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and other sophisticated gift and estate tax planning techniques.
Education
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- J.D., Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- B.A., Arizona State University
- Pedrick Scholar CALI Awards for highest grade in Evidence and Employment Law
- Homeless Legal Assistance Project, Volunteer; Study abroad (Europe-Summer 2009)
Areas Of Practice
OTHER EXPERIENCE
- Estate Planning
- Private Client and Wealth Preservation
Awards and Honors
- Best Lawyers in America®, Trusts and Estates, 2024 and 2025
- Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch, Trusts and Estates, 2021-2024
- Southwest Rising Stars®, Estate & Probate, 2021
- Next-Generation Legal Leader, Phoenix Business Journal, 2021
Articles and Presentations
- Interview, “A Conversation On Leadership & Life In The Law With Katie Callaway,” Fennemore Blog, March 3, 2022
- Speaker, “Digital Assets,” The Arizona Fiduciaries Association 2018 Spring Conference, April 20, 2018
Professional and community activities
- Board Member, Liberty Wildlife
- Board Member, Central Arizona Estate Planning Council
- Member, State Bar of Arizona
- Former Board Member, Back to School Clothing Drive
- Former Member, Board of Trustees, Phoenix Boys Choir
Admissions
- Arizona