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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

    Equalizing the Threat of Noncompete Agreements: Solutions Beyond Louisiana’s Tangled Web of Nullity, 76 La. L. Rev. 1235 (2016)

  • 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

  • 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