Powerlist – Chelsea Gatterman – Cordell & Cordell

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Although Chelsea Gatterman has only been with Cordell & Cordell for less than a year, she is a Wisconsin native with more than a decade of family law experience.

Gatterman said she witnessed first-hand the professionalism of Cordell & Cordell as opposing counsel while in court, and that prompted the move from her previous firm.

“They were smart and super professional. That’s part of the reputation I would like to be a part of,” Gatterman said.

According to Gatterman, she focuses exclusively on divorce law. While most of her new clients are men, she also brought over several female clients from her previous firm. Gatterman noted her prior firm’s paralegal and another associate attorney also moved over to Cordell & Cordell recently.

She said often times in family law matters, litigants “are not behaving at their best.”

“It’s a very traumatizing, difficult time for my clients so I try to make the process as easy as possible,” Gatterman said, noting how her undergraduate background is in social work.

In 2022, she received a Rising Star Award.