Florida Bar 1988
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida 1989
United States Supreme Court 2007
Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer 1996
Fellow American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2002
Listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2007
Listed as a Florida Super Lawyer since 2008
Selected as a Leading Florida Attorney in Family Law since 1998
AV rated by Martindale Hubble
Listed as Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel
Kristin is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law since 1996.
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Legal: Florida State University College of Law
Tallahassee, Florida
J.D. Degree - May 1988
Honors: Moot Court
Jessop International Law Competition - Southeast Region
Best Oralist, Second Place Team
Book Award in Legal Process
Order of the Barrister
Activities: Moot Court Board of Directors
Law School Appropriations Committee
Secretary/Treasurer
Florida State University Student Defender
Student Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
Undergraduate: Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
B.A. Degree in Political Science - December 1984
B.A. Degree in International Affairs - December 1984
Fellow American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Florida Chapter
President 2011
Vice President 2007-2010
Secretary/Treasurer 2006 – 2007
American Bar Association: Family Law Section
The Florida Bar
Second Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee 1996-1999
Family Law Section
Executive Council 2000-2006
Legislation Committee 1995-2005
(Secretary 1998, Vice Chair 1999-2001)
Publications Committee 1999-2005
(Co-Chair Commentator 2001-2002)
(Co-Chair Famseg 2002-2004)
(Editor Florida Bar Journal Family Law Section 2004
Amicus Committee, Chair 2004
Tallahassee Bar Association
Board of Directors, Legal Aid Foundation 1990-1994
Law Week Committee 1995-1997
American Inns of Court
Emeritus of William H. Stafford Inn of Court,
Tallahassee Chapter
First District Court of Appeal, Inn of Court
Florida Legislature’s Study Committee on Public Records 2003
Florida Supreme Court Committee on Privacy and Court Records
2004 -2005
Florida Supreme Court Committee on Access to Public Records
2006 – 2008
Florida Courts Steering Committee: Families and Children in the
Court 2007 – 2008
Telephone Counseling & Referral Service Board of Directors,
Executive Committee, Secretary
Tallahassee City Commission Task Force Study Group on
Domestic Violence
Mentor for Thunderdome Tallahassee
Tallahassee Community College
Adjunct Professor, “Family Law For Paralegals”
Florida State University College of Law
Guest Speaker, Family Law Courses
Legal Services of North Florida - Continuing Legal Education
Lecturer - “Family Law for Administrative Lawyers”; “Family Law
in the Second Circuit”
Florida Bar Family Law Section Board Certification Review
Course “Attorney Fees, Enforcement, and Modification” 2002 –
2003; “Attorney Fees” 2004 – 2008
Florida Chapter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Institute Speaker
2006 – present