Catherine Read

Estate & Elder Law Services

Catherine B. (“Kylee”) Read is a partner at Estate & Elder Law Services of Delaware LLC, where she specializes in elder law, estate planning, special needs planning, and asset protection. Kylee is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation, accredited by the American Bar Association. Kylee and her law partner are the only two Certified Elder Law Attorneys in the State of Delaware, there being only about 500 in the United States. Kylee changed her practice from corporate law to elder law after learning firsthand the importance of elder law to individuals and their families. Admitted to the Delaware Bar in 2000, Ms. Read received her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where she was awarded membership in the Order of the Coif, and received her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Seton Hall University. Kylee is voted a top Elder Law Attorney by her peers in Delaware Today Magazine, serves on the Delaware Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (DMOST) Steering Committee, and has served on legislative committees addressing aging in place in the State of Delaware. Ms. Read has served in all officer positions of the Elder Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association since 2018. She is a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Wealth Counsel, the St. Thomas More Society, and the Delaware State Bar Association Elder Law and Estates and Trusts Sections.