Biography

Kristin is a compassionate and dedicated family law advocate.

She negotiates and drafts prenuptial, separation, and modification agreements, and represents clients in divorce, custody, removal, international child abduction, modification, contempt, and equity proceedings. Kristin specializes in representing clients facing high-conflict custody situations and cases involving violence in the home, mental health issues, and substance use disorder. She also regularly works with child development and parenting experts, as well as mental health, business valuation, and forensic experts. Kristin advises clients on issues impacting the LGBTQ community, and handles second-parent adoptions. She also serves as a court-certified conciliator, and devotes pro bono hours to the Settlement and Early Resolution Volunteers program in Suffolk County and to the Lawyer for the Day programs in both Norfolk and Suffolk County.

Kristin has been named a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer, listed in The Best Lawyers In America under Family Law, and selected for inclusion in New England Super Lawyers© under Family Law. She has spoken and presented at various international and domestic conferences on various family law topics. Kristin is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Boston Bar Association, the Middlesex County Bar Association, the Norfolk County Bar Association, the Greater Boston Family Law Inn of Courts, and the Wellesley Lawyers Network.

Kristin graduated with a degree in sociology and a minor in Africana studies from Wellesley College, where she played soccer and was captain of the women's basketball team. At Northeastern University School of Law, she served as commencement speaker at graduation. Prior to entering private practice, Kristin interned with the Honorable Judge Nancy Gertner (retired) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, with the Elder Law Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services, and at the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Outside the office, Kristin enjoys playing basketball, working on home improvement projects, and spending time with her family.

Services/Industries

Education

  • Northeastern University School of Law  (J.D.)
    • Managing Editor, Northeastern University Law Journal
  • Wellesley College  (B.A., cum laude)

Public Service

  • Settlement and Early Resolution Volunteers (SERV) (Suffolk County)
  • Volunteer, Lawyer for the Day (Norfolk and Suffolk Counties)
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, East End House (2014-2018)

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Memberships

  • Boston Bar Association
  • Middlesex County Bar Association
  • Norfolk County Bar Association
  • Greater Boston Family Law Inn of Courts
  • Wellesley Lawyers Network
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

Honors

  • Named a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer 2021, 2023, and 2024.
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© under Family Law in Boston, Massachusetts (2024, 2025)
  • Selected for inclusion in New England Super Lawyers© under Family Law

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Court and Other Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit