Prior to joining Stradley Ronon, Kirsten served as Captain of the Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence Units, as well as a member of the Sex Crimes Unit at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
As assistant district attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, she regularly obtained convictions in complex physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, homicide, child pornography, elder abuse, financial exploitation, aggravated assault, and other cases; often assisting young and vulnerable survivors, including survivors with intellectual disabilities and survivors of incest. Kristen was and remains an active member advocating with various organizations to develop and strengthen effective strategies to combat violent crimes and reduce the overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. She is widely known as being a fair, compassionate and fierce advocate, and has been nationally awarded and recognized for her advocacy and litigation skills. Kristen’s most notable case was
Commonwealth v. William H. Cosby, where she played a critical role in the first trial, which resulted in a hung jury, and the second trial where a conviction was attained. In both, Kristen drafted and litigated pretrial motions and questioned key witnesses. In the first trial, she delivered the opening statement, and in the second trial, she cross-examined key witnesses and delivered the closing argument.
Kristen began her legal career as a law clerk for the Hon. Garrett D. Page, a Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas judge who sat on both the criminal and civil bench. While in law school, Kristen was an editor for the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review and a member of Temple Law’s National Trial team, winning the Capitol City Championship. Kristen also received numerous awards and honors during her tenure at Temple Law, including the Barristers Award, Best Oral Advocate Award, and induction in the Rubin Public Interest Law Honor’s Society for her significant contributions to public service. Upon graduation she received the Andrew Gay Award, for excellence in Trial Advocacy in the area of criminal law, and the Jacquelyn E. Davis Success Award, for her efforts and commitment towards public service.
Kristen is also an adjunct professor for Rosemont College where she teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate-level classes in the sociology department.
Before her legal career, Kristen worked as a Financial Analyst for Bloomberg, L.P. in New York.