Kristin Ross

Kristin is a partner at the firm. She focuses her practice on guiding clients through insurance claims and all stages of litigation. She represents injured individuals in Vermont and New Hampshire in personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and insurance coverage disputes. She has experience and success in trial as well as all stages of litigation including depositions of witnesses and experts, motion practice, and conducting mediations.

Kristin has had enormous success negotiating large, confidential settlements for her clients. She was also a critical member of the appellate team in Dzemila Heco v. Johnson Controls, Inc., playing an important role in the Vermont Supreme Court brief and appeal for the firm's client who received a 43-million-dollar verdict in a product's liability case.

Kristin earned her Juris Doctor at Vermont Law School in 2009. While at Vermont Law School, she served on the Moot Court Advisory Board based on her advocacy skills. She was part of the General Practice Program, a limited enrollment certification program that combined substantive law with practical skills. In 2007 and 2008 Kristin served as part of the Service Member's Legal Defense Network by lobbying Congress to repeal the "don't ask don't tell" military policy. Kristin was awarded Academic Achievement Awards in 2007 and 2008 and also received the Dean's Fellowship Scholarship for academic success from 2007 through 2009. Kristin graduated in the top 10% of her law school class. She is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as New Hampshire's and Vermont's federal courts.

Kristin has been very involved in national and statewide professional associations of trial attorneys working to make sure people have a fair chance to receive justice through the legal system. She is currently serving as the President of the New Hampshire Association for Justice (NHAJ) and has previously served as the organization's secretary, treasurer, and president.