Kristen is a founding partner of Simmons Freeman/NV Trust Lawyers. For more than 19 years, she has been counseling clients in the areas of estate planning and asset protection planning. Kristen is well respected in the estate planning community and has been named as 2023's "Lawyer of the Year" in Trusts and Estate by The Best Lawyers in America®, and previously as 2021’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Tax Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. While she enjoys designing an estate plan to meet a client’s tax and asset protection objectives, her favorite part of her practice is being a trusted advisor to multiple generations of families.