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Kate Mead

Kate Mead

Kate Mead lives on a cattle ranch with her husband, Brad and a short-legged cow dog. Kate divides her time between her law practice and managing 350 head of mother cows in Jackson and Kirby, Wyoming.

Kate is admitted to the Bar in the states of Arizona and Wyoming and is a 1986 graduate of the University of Wyoming law school. Kate received her undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence University in 1980. She was born and raised in northern Vermont.

Kate has practiced with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General in the natural resources division where she represented the State Land Department in its water and environmental matters. Kate’s expertise in Indian law landed her the job of litigating the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act with ten Arizona tribes. Subsequently, on behalf of the Governor, Kate negotiated tribal gaming compacts with eleven of Arizona’s tribes and became the first ever regulator of tribal gaming in Arizona. When the Meads returned to the family ranch in Jackson in 1993, Kate entered private practice with Brad Mead to form Mead& Mead where she currently specializes in insurance defense litigation. Kate has tried many jury trials in federal and state courts, dozens of bench trials and administrative hearings and appeared before state and federal courts of appeals over 20 times during her career.

Kate is a past Board Chair of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, a past member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust Board, was twice elected to the Teton County Conservation District, and was a multi-term board member and legal counsel to The Learning Center. Kate has served on the Board of Trustees of the Teton County School District since 2008.

Kate ranches with her husband Brad, her sons and two grandchildren. In 2000, Kate started her own direct to market beef business which she continues today. Jackson Hole Natural Beef d/b/a Mead Ranch JH markets aged Mead Ranch beef to local restaurants and retailers in Jackson. Kate can also be found on Saturdays and Wednesdays at Farmer’s Markets selling beef and educating local consumers on the advantages of buying local beef and the importance of ranching to the local community.

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