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Kristen K. Erickson is an associate attorney with Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C. She represents the firm’s municipal clients in general municipal law matters, urban development, and municipal finance.


Prior to joining the firm, Kristen interned at Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL where she worked on issues related to public housing financing, mortgages and foreclosures, nonprofit management and employment law. She also served as an intern for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri in the housing department.


Kristen received her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, her M.S.W. degree from Washington University, her M.A. degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, and her B.A., cum laude, from Davidson College in Davidson, NC. While in law school, she was active in or received the following:


• Order of the Coif
• American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law, Student Excellence Award
• Journal of Law and Policy, Executive Articles Editor, 2010 - 2011; Staff Editor, 2009 - 2010
• Olin Fellow, 2007-2011: Full merit-based scholarship
• Stuart L. Oelbaum Public Service Fellowship, 2010: Merit scholarship for summer public interest work
• CALI Awards in Torts, Property, Civil Procedure, Legal Practice II, State and Local Government, Administrative Law, Law and Development, Employment Law, Trusts and Estates, Federal Income Taxation, and Corporate Taxation
• Sonnenschein Scholar, 2009: Merit scholarship for summer public interest work
• Breckinridge Academic Award, Second Honors, School of Law, 2008 - 2009: For second highest GPA
• Public Service Project Participant, High Distinction, School of Law
• Public Service Advisory Board, One-Time and Ongoing Projects Team, School of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Missouri Bar

Missouri Municipal Attorneys' Association

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri

ARTICLES
Protecting Low Income Residents During Tax Increment Financing Redevelopment, 36 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 203 (2011).

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