M. Kristeen Hand

Kristeen Hand was born and raised in Wyoming and graduated from the University of Wyoming with an undergraduate degree in zoology/physiology. After college, she spent two years in Washington, D.C. as an aide to a United States Senator. She is a 2001 honor graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law and a graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College. Prior to joining The Spence Law Firm in 2003, she served as a law clerk at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Natrona County District Court of Wyoming, becoming a partner in 2011. Since joining the firm, Kristeen has successfully represented clients injured or killed while working in industries including drilling rigs, workover rigs, industrial concrete, refineries, gas compressor stations, salt water disposal sites, construction sites, saw mills, pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, and the U.S. government. She has won multi-million-dollar settlements for clients catastrophically injured or killed in car, semi-truck, and passenger bus collisions. She also prosecutes medical negligence and defamation cases. She settled a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Halliburton after uncovering systematic under-reporting of hours driven by commercial drivers. She currently represents clients in Wyoming and New Mexico.