Kristen is the founder of Integrated General Counsel, a full-service business and employment law firm located in Pleasanton. Founded in 2009, IGC is designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners start, grow, and manage their companies. Kristen received her undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of San Francisco and her J.D. from Golden Gate University. Her professional experience includes a decade working for large firms like Morrison Foerster and Pillsbury Winthrop and as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 international architecture & engineering firm. She is active in her professional community via the Business Law and the Law Practice Management sections of the California Lawyers Association and as a member of the Pacific Women’s Business Enterprise Council and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the Alameda County and Los Angeles bar associations.