
Family Law Attorney · Partner | Board Certified Marital & Family Law Specialist
Katherine O. Birnbaum
Trusted Counsel in South Florida's Most Consequential Family Matters.
In the South Florida legal community, Ms. Birnbaum is recognized as an attorney's attorney—trusted by peers for her deep strategic insight, unwavering professionalism, and straightforward clarity on complex case requirements.
- Board Certified in Marital and Family Law
- Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- Registered Parenting Coordinator
Areas of Focus
Where Katherine concentrates her practice:
Biography
About Katherine O. Birnbaum
Katherine O. Birnbaum is a partner at Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has practiced marital and family law exclusively in Broward County for approximately three decades, is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by The Florida Bar—the highest level of recognition for competency, skill, and ethics in the field—and is one of a limited number of certified specialists in Broward County.
Marital and family disputes involving significant corporate assets, complex property division, or high-conflict custody demand more than standard legal representation. They require elite legal mastery.
Katherine O. Birnbaum has practiced family law exclusively in Broward County for approximately three decades. She is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by The Florida Bar—the highest level of recognition for competency, skill, and ethics in the field. As a certified specialist in Broward County, Katherine brings a level of verified expertise that very few firms can match.
When everything is on the line, you want the advocate who literally helps write the Florida Bar legal textbook on Florida family law.
Katherine concentrates her practice on complex domestic relations matters, offering sophisticated legal strategies across core areas: Contested and Complex Divorce, protecting business owners, high-net-worth individuals, executives, and professionals facing aggressive asset division and financial exposure; Equitable Distribution & Business Valuation, utilizing sharp financial acumen to uncover hidden revenue, valuing closely-held corporations with forensic experts, and shielding your marital or non-marital wealth when appropriate; High-Conflict Parenting & Timesharing, shielding your children from volatile legal battles and engineering stable, sustainable custody and visitation frameworks; Family Mediation & Parenting Coordination, resolving sensitive disputes out of court through seasoned settlements as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and registered Parenting Coordinator; and Collaborative Divorce, delivering private, structured, and mutually beneficial paths to resolution for families looking to avoid public courtroom litigation.
Katherine's authority is recognized by the judiciary, academic institutions, and peer review organizations alike. She has extensive trial experience, has taught at Florida Bar Family Law Section Trial Advocacy Workshops, and previously served as a Special Magistrate and private judge in family law matters.
Publications
- ·Author, 'Equitable Distribution and Special Equities,' Florida Dissolution of Marriage, 4th through 16th editions (Fla. Bar CLE)
- ·Co-Author, 'Representing a Spouse Accused of Domestic Violence in Divorce Proceedings,' American Journal of Family Law (Summer 1998)
- ·Contributing Author, Strategies for Family Law in Florida (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2015)
Community & Service
- ·Executive Council, Legal Aid Service of Broward County (2007–2017)
- ·Chair, Broward County Bar Association Family Law Section (2001–2002)
- ·Board Member, Stephen R. Booher American Inn of Court (2005–2021)
Recognition
- Florida Bar Board Certified — Marital & Family Law
- AV Preeminent — Martindale-Hubbell
- Florida Super Lawyers
- Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator
What Clients Say
Trusted counsel in South Florida's most consequential family matters.
Katherine walked us through the most difficult year of our lives with clarity and steadiness. Her preparation and judgment made an outcome we could actually live with.
She is the attorney other attorneys call. Deeply strategic, unfailingly professional, and completely candid about what the case really required.
What set Katherine apart was her insistence that we focus on what mattered long after the case closed — our children, our finances, our peace of mind.
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