Prior to becoming an associate, Kirsten received her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was a Notes and Comments Editor of the University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, a semifinalist competitor of the Alternative Dispute Resolution team, and Co-President of the Women’s Bar Association. As a student attorney in Maryland Law’s Landlord Tenant Clinic, Kirsten represented low-income Baltimore City tenants against their landlords, successfully obtaining treble damages for one client.