Kristan Peters-Hamlin
203-504-2050 (Connecticut)
203-341-9816 (Connecticut)
Kristan Peters-Hamlin is admitted in five states and to eleven federal bars and has litigated in thirty states in cases involving employment, tort, defamation, criminal, commercial and constitutional law in both single plaintiff and class action lawsuits.
Kristan Peters-Hamlin has thirty-seven published decisions in her name, has tried dozens of cases to verdict, has written over fifty appellate briefs and has had forty appellate arguments.
She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington D.C. for nearly six years, in both the Criminal and Civil Divisions. In the Civil Division, she defended the United States and its departments and agencies in discrimination complaints. Prior to law school, Kristan Peters-Hamlin worked as an analyst in the Labor Relations Department of the international division of Shell Oil ("Pecten International") in Houston, Texas, and Douala, Cameroon. She has lived in four countries and speaks four languages.
Areas of Practice
- Employment Law
- White Collar Crime
- Executive Compensation
- Tort Litigation
- Defamation
- Breach of Contract Claims
- Sexual Harassment
- Discrimination/Retaliation
- Criminal Law
- Securities Law & Insider Trading
- Fraud
- Breaches of Duty of Loyalty
- Severance Packages
- Investigations
- Non-competes
Bar Admissions
- New York
- District of Columbia
- Connecticut
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D. - 1987
- Law Journal: Texas International Law Journal, Symposium Editor
- Law Review: Published Note -- "The Impact of Islamic Revivalism on Contract and Riba Law in Saudi Arabia Egypt and Iran"
- Cornell University
- B.S. - Industrial and Labor Relations, 1982
Classes/Seminars
- "The Glass Ceiling," Vital Voices, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
- "Four Years After SOX: Where Are We? A Review of SOX Retaliation Cases", Associate of Corporate Counsel of America (ACCA), New York, NY, 2006
- "Retaliation and Whistle Blowing Under Sarbanes-Oxley", South Texas College of Law Advance Civil Trial Law Conference, Houston, Texas, 2006
- "Four Years After SOX: Where Are We?", Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, 2006
- "Negligent Hiring and Retention", Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, Northeast Chapter, New York, NY, 2004
- Course Instructor, Trade Secrets Law, Corporate Espionage and Employment Discrimination and Harassment, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, MIB, JREC, and Maryland In-House Corporate Counsel Association
- "Trade Secrets,", CLE Marathon, Pillsbury Winthrop, New York, NY, 2004
- Employment Law Lecture Series, Touro College, New York, NY, 2000
Honors and Awards
- "New York Super Lawyer," Magazine of Law and Politics, 2006, 2007
- Selected by the Justice Department to Serve on the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal, 1995
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Women's Bar Association, New York Judicial Selection Committee
- International Bar Association, Arbitration Committee
- International Bar Association, Discrimination and Gender Equality Committee
- International Bar Association, Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee
- International Bar Association, Human Rights Law Committee
- International Bar Association, Human Rights Institute
- International Bar Association, Women's Interest Group
- Association for a Better New York
Pro Bono Activities
- Vital Voices (NGO promoting international civil and economic rights for women)
- Member, Democratic Town Committee, Westport, CT
- United Way, Former Volunteer and Counselor for Abused Children
- Founder of 501(c)(3) corporation "Bridges to Middle Eastern Women"
Languages
- Spanish
- French
- Italian