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“I was getting a divorce and Julia Corbett was highly recommended by other professionals that I use for advice and services. She was always well prepared and very thorough in every thing she did. She presented my position factually and understandably. She also countered ambiguous, unclear and gray positions in a manner that was very effective. Thus I ended up with a fair and equitable settlement.”
JL – Divorce Client
Julia Ketcham Corbett has more than 25 years of experience helping a diverse group of clients, focusing on employment law, general civil litigation, family law and mediation. In all areas of her practice, her clients include individuals and small and mid-market companies in a variety of industries, throughout the State of Minnesota.
Julia regularly provides human resource advice and counseling to her business clients regarding the complex and ever-changing legal relationship between an employer and its employees. She also conducts internal investigations, represents businesses responding to administrative (EEOC/MDHR) charges, drafts and reviews a wide variety of employment-related documents such as employment policies, handbooks, non-competition agreements and employment releases and provides training on a wide variety of employment-related topics. She works proactively with her clients to reduce exposure and avoid employment-related litigation, but is a zealous advocate for her clients when they find themselves confronted with employment litigation claims. In her litigation practice, Julia is hired directly by businesses and by their insurers in a wide-variety of employment litigation matters.
In her family law practice, Julia focuses her practice on dissolutions for high net-worth individuals and other complex financial family-law situations. She also serves as a Rule 114 Qualified Civil and Family Law Mediator and regularly mediates family, probate and employment law cases as well as other types of cases. She has also provided training on a number of family-law related topics, such as child support, child custody and family law mediation.
Education
- Winona State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991)
- Hamline University (J.D., cum laude, 1994)
- Silver Gavel Honor Society
- Articles Editor, Hamline Law Review (1993-1994)
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota Bar (1994)
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (1998)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit (1998)
Memberships
- 6th District Bar
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Minnesota State Bar Association Sixth District Ethics Committe, Member Investigator
Personal Interests
Outside the practice of law, Julia enjoys a very busy life. A long-time athlete, she continues to play volleyball and golf and enjoys pilates and high-intensity interval training. She is the mother of three very active sons and enjoys watching them play football, basketball and baseball.
When she has free time, she enjoys traveling with her husband or friends, reading, cooking and volunteering her time to a number of community organizations.
Awards and Honors
Top Women in Law Award Recipient
by Minnesota Lawyers
2023
Named “Super Lawyer”
by Minnesota Law & Politics
2014 – 2023
Appointed Administrative Hearing Officer
City of Mankato
2016
Minnesota Business and Professional Women’s Young Careerist
Named a “Rising Star” in the Legal Profession
by Minnesota Law & Politics
Recipient of the “Distinguished Service Award”
by Greater Mankato Growth
Honored as a “Woman of Distinction” award recipient
by the Mankato YWCA
Who’s Who in Family Law
Law & Politics “Top Recoveries of the Year,” 2004