Kristin Henrikson, Partner
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Henrikson served as the Chief of the Legal Services Section for the Child Support Services Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Before joining the Office of the Attorney General, she was employed for four years as a staff and supervising attorney for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. She also clerked for the Honorable Ronna Lee Beck of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Henrikson was a non-profit executive director for Suited for Change, an organization that helps underprivileged women entering the work force. She continues her volunteer efforts by serving regularly at the D.C. Family Court Self-Help Center, and the D.C. Bar Advice and Referral Clinic.
Ms. Henrikson is an active member of the D.C. Bar Family Law Section Steering Committee, where she chairs the Program Committee. She is also a member of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program's Family Law Representation Committee. She was appointed by the D.C. Council to serve on the D.C. Child Support Guideline Commission in 2002. During her tenure the D.C. Child Support Guideline was completely revised and updated, and she was a leader during the many early-morning meetings and late-night drafting sessions which led to the final revisions. Ms. Henrikson was a member of the Child Support Task Force of the D.C. Superior Court from 2004-2005.
Ms. Henrikson has led numerous trainings in the District of Columbia for judges, practitioners and law students, particularly on child support and family law jurisdictional issues. She has also testified on a number of occasions before the D.C. Council on a variety of family law issues. She is a member of the D.C. Bar (Member, Family Law Section), the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section).
Ms. Henrikson graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999 and received a B.A. from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1993. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
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