Rae M. Kinkead

Rae Kinkead is a family law attorney and mediator with Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman. Ms. Kinkead represents individuals in all aspects of domestic relations, including full-service litigation, unbundled services and mediation. She also works in appellate advocacy, challenging and defending trial court decisions in family law matters.

Ms. Kinkead graduated, summa cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 2013. She completed the American Bar Association's Family Law Trial Advocacy Program held by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in 2015. Ms. Kinkead earned the Mosten Basic Divorce Mediation Training Certificate in 2016.

Memberships

• Iowa State Bar Association
  • Family & Juvenile Law Section
• Linn County Bar Association
  • Family Law Committee
• The Federalist Society
• Dean Mason Ladd American Inn of Court, President

Community Involvement

• Kids First Law Center
  • Auction Committee

Additional Training

• Earned the Mosten Basic Divorce Mediation Training Certificate, 2016
• Completed American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy program held by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2015

Honors & Awards

• Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018
• Selected as one of  Alpha Sigma Alpha's 30 Under 30, 2015

Presentations

• "Marriage and Family Therapy Ethics and Family Law," Marriage and Family Therapy Class, Mount Mercy University, 2017
• "Ins and Outs of Alimony," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar, panelist, 2018
• "Marriage and Family Therapy Ethics and Family Law," Marriage and Family Therapy Class, Mount Mercy University, 2017
• "Spousal Support and Use of Guidelines in Iowa," Iowa Association for Justice Family Law Seminar, 2017
• "Ethics," Iowa Association of Marriage & Family Therapy Conference, 2017
• "Ethical Considerations of Legal Services Agreements," State Bar Association Family Law Seminar, 2017
• "Spousal Support in Iowa One Year Post-Gust," Linn County Family Law Committee, with Judge Turner and Judge McPartland, 2016
• "Property Division: The Basics, Plus the Latest Developments Related to Dissipation and Gifts," Iowa State Bar Association Annual Meeting, co-presentation, 2015
• "The Basics of Property Division in Iowa," Iowa Court of Appeals Judges, clerks and staff, co-presentation, 2015