Kristin Burns

Senior Associate

  • Kristin Burns
  • Phone: +1 214 257 7216

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    100 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
    Dallas, TX 75201
    USA

Kristin Burns practices in the area of litigation. Ms. Burns has experience in contract and business disputes and other general commercial litigation matters as banking, corporate governance, employment, and mergers and acquisitions

Ms. Burns is a 2017 cum laude graduate of SMU Dedman School of Law, where she was Associate Editor of the International Law Review Association, and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas.

Admissions

  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • Arkansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Education

  • Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
    - International Law Review Association, Associate Editor 2016–17; Staff Editor 2015–16
  • University of Arkansas, B.S., magna cum laude, 2014

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Senior Associate, 2025-present
    - Associate, 2022-2024
  • Godwin | Bowman PC
    - Senior Associate, 2020-2022
    - Associate, 2019-2020
  • Walters Balido and Crain, LLP
    - Associate, 2018-2019
  • James S. Bell PC & McCurley Bell Cruz
    - Associate/Law Clerk, 2016-2018

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2024 and 2025

Professional Activities

  • Dallas Bar Association

  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

  • Texas Young Lawyers Association

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • DAYL Foundation, Life Fellow