Kirsten's E-mail:kbarron@barronsmithlaw.com

Paralegal:
Debbie Nelson:dnelson@barronsmithlaw.com

Education:

• James Madison University (B.A. 1987)
• University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law
  
• Law Review
• Moot Court Board
• ABA-ALI Writing Competition, Winner
• Carrico Moot Court Competition, Winner

Practice Areas:

• Business
• Employment

Legal Experience:

Kirsten practices in the areas of business and employment law and brings almost 20 years of legal experience to her work. She joined Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC, formerly known as Brett & Daugert, PLLC, in 1998 and became a partner in 2004. She takes a practical, solution oriented approach to all aspects of her practice.

Kirsten advises businesses, large and small, often serving in a general counsel role. Her business work includes entity formation and structure, general corporate governance, contract drafting and review, transactional work and ownership disputes.

Kirsten represents both employers and employees in all aspects of the employment relationship. She has represented employers with as few as three employees and as many as 500 employees. Her employment practice includes representation of unionized and non-unionized employers.

She brings the following experience to her practice:

• Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Grays Harbor County
• Associate with a boutique Northern Virginia firm, Chadwick, Washington, Moriarty, Elmore and Bunn, PC, working in the area of community association law, including general corporate advice and real estate and land use matters
• Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Petrich of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Division II) and the Honorable Lawrence S. Margolis of the United States Federal Court of Claims Washington, D.C.