Kristin has been a part of Portland’s family law community for over 20 years. In over 20 years of legal practice, she has developed a reputation as a caring and zealous advocate for children and those parents who are committed to safeguarding the best interests of their children. She prides herself on building mutual understandings between parties with widely divergent perspectives, and in dealing with complex financial and tax issues.
Kristin earned her undergraduate degree from Lewis & Clark College in 1991 and her law degree from Lewis & Clark’s Northwestern School of Law in 1995. She is admitted to practice in the State of Oregon, as well as Federal District Court and the United States Tax Court. Her early legal career was in Tennessee as a family law and juvenile law attorney, while her husband served in the Navy Judge Advocate General Corps. Kristin continues to enjoy assisting clients with military considerations in their family law services.
Over the course of her career, Kristin has worked as a Guardian Ad Litem, a Court Appointed Special Advocate, is court-appointed to represent children, and has taken a special interest in assisting persons with special needs. She has served on the Gladstone School District Board of Education for three terms, serving as the chair of the school board for two consecutive years, and is presently the vice chair of the school board. Kristin has also served on the Board of Directors for Family Stepping Stones, the Clackamas County Relief Nursery, and was the advisory board chair for the Multnomah County CourtCare program, a no-cost, drop-in childcare center in the Multnomah County Courthouse which serves 80-100 children and their families each month.
Awards:
• Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2008 and 2009
• Oregon Super Lawyers, 2012 and 2013
• American Institute of Family Law Attorneys Client Satisfaction Award, 2015 and 2016
• 2017 to the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys Client Satisfaction Award
• Gladstone School District, “Growing Great People” Award, 2018
Current/Past Affiliations or Offices Held:
• Oregon State Bar
• Multnomah Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Oregon Women Lawyers
• Phi Delta Phi
