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.
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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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      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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      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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      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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      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 
 
                        