Kirsten concentrates her practice in contract construction and interpretation, excess and umbrella claims, and appellate advocacy.
She fine-tuned her research and analytical skills while clerking for Judge John W. Reece of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Ninth District from 1995 to 1997 and for Justice Deborah L. Cook of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1998 to 1999.
As an appellate lawyer, Kirsten has worked on more than one hundred majority opinions during the tenure of her clerkships and since then has authored dozens of winning briefs on procedural and substantive issues of law in construction, products liability and insurance coverage cases
Education
- Duquesne University, B.A., cum laude, 1991
- Wake Forest University, J.D., 1994
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1994
- Illinois, 1999
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois and Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio