MEET YOUR ATTORNEY

Kate has practiced law in Great Bend for over a decade. Your friendly and local legal expert remains ready to navigate the complexities of the law alongside you, your family, and your business. With a welcoming approach and an understanding of the issues you are facing, Kate is here to simplify legal challenges and answer your questions.

Kate has experience in many areas of the law, but primarily takes cases regarding the following:

  • Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts, Durable Power of Attorney, Livings Wills, Transfer on Death Deeds, Advanced Directives, Trust Amendments

  • Guardianships/Conservatorships

  • Probate: Estate Administration, Estate Disputes, Trust Administration, Trust Disputes

  • Elder Law: Nursing Home Planning, Long-Term Care Planning, Medicaid Qualification/Application

  • Business Law: LLCs, Corporations, Partnerships, Business Formation, Business Dissolution, Non-Profit/Tax Exempt Organizations, Business Planning, Trademarks, Employment Agreements, Non-Compete Agreements, Other Business Agreements/Contracts

  • Real Estate: Deeds, Mortgages, Contract for Deed, Evictions, Leases (Residential, Commercial, Agricultural), Purchase Agreements

  • Natural Resources: Wind Leases, Solar Leases, Oil & Gas

  • Name Change/Adoption

  • Tax Law

  • Banking/Finance Law: Mortgages, Foreclosures

EDUCATION:

Juris Doctor (Doctor of Jurisprudence), Washburn University School of Law, May, 2015 - Cum Laude

  • Washburn Law Review

  • Certificate: Environmental Law

  • Certificate: Oil & Gas Law

  • Certificate: Tax Law (with Distinction)

  • Certificate: Estate Planning (with Distinction)

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Fort Hays State University, May 2012

  • Certificate: Pre-Law & Legal Studies

  • Certificate: Law & The Courts

Professional Involvement:

  • Kansas Bar Association

  • Southwest Kansas Bar Association

  • Barton County Bar Association

  • Kansas Women Attorneys Association

Kate is passionate about everything she does, including her work as an attorney. But it certainly doesn’t stop in the office/courtroom. As her newly hyphenated name suggests, Kate married Dodge Ellegood in the fall of 2025. Even as a newlywed, foster parent, travel enthusiast, and back-up farm hand, Kate still makes time to volunteer for organizations and causes that are near and dear to her heart, including current and past civic involvement:

  • Barton County Fair Association

    • Board Member

    • Executive Board

    • Treasurer

  • Encounter Church GB - Youth Leader

  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) - Site Coordinator

  • Friends of the Fair

  • Great Bend Kiwanis Club

    • Member

    • Board Member

    • Vice President

    • President

  • Friends of Cheyenne Bottoms

    • Board Member

    • Secretary

  • 4H Shooting Sports

    • Pistol Coach

    • Barton County Coordinator

  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters

CLIENT REVIEWS/TESTIMONIALS

  • "Kate is such an amazing attorney and goes above and beyond for her clients! I can't thank her enough for helping me through some of my most stressful times and being exactly the advocate I needed! Highly recommend her!"

  • "The best!!! The compassion you showed my family during such a difficult time was a blessing to us. The follow-up work and the attention to detail took a lot off our plates. Thank you, Kate Ellegood!"

  • "One of the very best; whenever I've needed her, she's been there!"

  • "Kate handled things quickly, had answers for all our questions, and made the entire process as stress-free as possible!"

  • "An amazing attorney and person! She handles both personal and professional matters for our household and is extremely talented. We are blessed to have her in Barton County!"

Contact us

Existing clients - do not worry! If you have already signed the consent form to transfer your files, then we brought your files and documents from our previous location, and service on existing cases will continue without a hitch! Give us a little extra time to settle in. If you have not yet signed a consent form to transfer your files, you can do so at any time. Once you have done so, we’ll bring your files over from the previous firm and get to work!

New and potential clients - feel free to use the e-mail, phone number, or inquiry box below to get in touch with us. We will get back to you soon.