Katherine received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, Katherine went directly to law school and graduated from The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. While in law school, Katherine participated in the National and Regional Advocacy Competitions and received the honor of the Order of Old Kivett for her superior performance.

After graduating from law school, Katherine immediately started a law firm with a fellow classmate. Two years later, Katherine started her own law firm, Frye Law Offices, P.A. Her practice specializes in all aspects of family law, including separation, divorce, child custody and visitation, child support, post separation support and alimony, and property distribution.

Katherine is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. In addition, Katherine is a North Carolina Dispute Resolution Certified Family Financial Mediator.  Her practice has been limited to family law for almost ten years.

During her career, Katherine has served as the State Chair of the Silent Partners Program which is a division of the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association. More recently, Katherine served as the Wake County representative for the Silent Partners Program for over three years. Katherine has also participated in other projects such as “Lunch with a Lawyer,” where she was paired with a teenage child to mentor, and Katherine and her former partner conducted seminars at Campbell Law School to advise other lawyers on starting their own law firm. Katherine is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education courses related to family law and at seminars geared to attorneys who have decided to start their own firm.

Katherine and her husband reside in North Raleigh along with their daughter and two dogs. They are both active in the German Shepherd Rescue Association, and they frequently have one additional dog in their house which they are fostering. Katherine also enjoys being outside with her family and working out at the local YMCA.

Born and raised in upstate New York, Ms. Bruce obtained her undergraduate degree from SUNY Geneseo and her Juris Doctorate degree from Albany Law School (Albany, New York) in 1992. She was in private practice for several years in a small general practice firm, with the majority of her caseload being dedicated to family law issues. Ms. Bruce was also a court appointed law guardian, representing children involved in various family court proceedings. Prior to relocating to North Carolina, Ms. Bruce was the Senior Court Attorney for Fulton County Family Court. She and her family relocated to Raleigh in 2000 and are happy to call Raleigh home.
Ms. Bruce joined Frye Law Offices in 2004. She is also a certified Parenting Coordinator for Wake County and serves as a volunteer attorney for The Child’s Advocate, a local non-profit that provides legal counsel for children in Wake County. In addition to her legal work, Ms. Bruce is a dedicated volunteer at Saving Grace, a local dog rescue in Wake Forest.

Christine Universal is a native of Niagara Falls , NY where she attended college.  She and her husband Kevin moved to Raleigh in 2000, with their two sons Thayer & Grant, who both are avid hockey players.  Christine joined the Frye Law Offices team in 2004.  When she is not at the office you can either find her on a tennis court with one of her teams or at a hockey practice with her boys.