Meet Kristen
I am admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all Louisiana state and federal courts.
Although based in Louisiana, I have litigated complex cases in state and federal courts around the country.
Backgound
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J.D., magna cum laude, from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 2016
Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Law Review
B.S. in Management, cum laude, from Tulane University, 2010
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Clerk to the Honorable Susie Morgan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2016-2017
Intern to the Honorable Brian A. Jackson of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2015
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Panelist, "Hot Issues Intersecting First Amendment Law and Handling Media Exposure," Jefferson Bar Association CLE by the Sea, March 2023
Presenter, "Justice and Law Enforcement and the Role of State and Local Demographics," New American Pathways/University of Georgia Civic Leadership Program, November 2022
Panelist, "Reimagine Tomorrow: Diversity and Inclusion within your Firm," American Bar Association's Southeast States Regional Summit, September 2022
Presenter, "Tips for Practicing in Federal Court with the Hon. Jay Zainey," New Orleans Federal Bar Association's Morning at the Federal Courthouse, June 2022
PLRA Exhaustion in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Simple Dead End, 67 Loy. L. Rev. 299 (2021)
Panelist, "From the Ground Up: Building Your Practice," Louisiana State Bar Association's Louisiana Young Lawyers Conference, May 2021
Panelist, “Crisis management - what to do when a reporter calls,” Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools Annual Conference, December 2019
Panelist, "Modern Day Inclusion in the Workforce," Louisiana State Bar Association's Louisiana Young Lawyers Conference, January 2019
Contributor, amicus brief on behalf of the Innocence Project, Inc., the Innocence Project of Texas, the Innocence Project New Orleans, and the University of Mississippi School of Law George C. Cochran Innocence Project, filed in Alvarez v. City of Brownsville, No. 16-40772 (5th Cir. 2018)
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2021 - 2024 Editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
2022 - 2024 Editions of Super Lawyers: Rising Stars
2022 ABA On the Rise: Top 40 Young Lawyers
2023 Finalist for LADC’s Frank L. Maraist Award
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Chair-Elect of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division Council
Board of Directors of the Younger Lawyers Division of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association, 2018-present
New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute, 2021
Council for a Better Louisiana, Leadership Louisiana, 2019-2020
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, Charter Board Leadership Academy, 2019
Nancy M. Marsiglia Institute of Justice, 2019-2020
New Orleans Young Leadership Council, Leadership Development Series, 2019
Anti-Defamation League, Glass Leadership Institute, 2018-2019
Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans, Board Member, 2019-2022