Marina Kats, Kats Jamison & Associates

At 17 years old, Kats immigrated to the United States from Ukraine and did not speak English. She worked numerous jobs to get through college including waiting tables, scooping ice cream and was a even a dental assistant. She graduated from Temple University in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and received her Juris Doctorate in 1988 from the Beasley School of Law. She later returned to earn a master’s degree in 1995, becoming one of the few women nationally to receive the master of laws (LLM) in trial advocacy.