Joining the firm in September of 2005, Kristin was not new to the profession or to litigation. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, having earned her Juris Doctorate in May, 1999, she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Arizona Attorney General's Office since April, 2000. In this position, she handled, initially, the defense of civil litigation against the Arizona Department of Corrections, and, later, civil litigation brought against all the various agencies, officers and employees of the State of Arizona. Her duties have taken her to both State and Federal Courts throughout the State of Arizona to handle constitutional law, and general tort matters, including cases involving highway design and maintenance and premises liability. She is admitted to the State Bar of Arizona, Federal District Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kristin's abilities go well beyond the courtroom setting. She is a superior legal issue analyst and legal writer. This is not hard to understand. Kristin spent her undergraduate years at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism in 1994, graduating Summa Cum Laude. In fact, before beginning her legal training and career, Kristin served as both a writer and editor for a regional Ohio magazine and an Ohio music journal. In law school, Kristin wrote for the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law and participated in the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, through the Volunteer Lawyers' program. She has continued her participation with the clinic as an attorney volunteer.

It is worth noting that Kristin, upon her arrival in Tucson and Pima County, Arizona, immediately began to give generously of her time and energy to her newly adopted community. In this regard, she has served as a volunteer instructor on civil liability at the Pima County Juvenile Court Detention Officer Training Academy, and was selected as the 2001 Public Lawyer of the Year by the Volunteer Lawyer Program. She is currently a member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court.