Catherine Kay

Senior Supervising Attorney, Civil Legal Aid to Victims of Crime Initiative

Catherine first joined Community Legal Aid’s Family Law Unit in February 2016. She previously worked for 15 years at Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council in New Bedford, MA and Western Massachusetts Legal Services (WMLS) in Pittsfield, MA and Northampton, MA. From 1987 through 2000, she was a Staff Attorney at WMLS, which later merged into CLA, in housing benefits, family law, and elder law. She has taught Legal Services Clinic and Poverty Law at the Western New England University School of Law.

Additionally, she has taught music, directing adult and youth choral groups. Most recently, she worked with her husband in his business, the State Street Fruit Store and Cooper’s Corner.