Ariana Kiener

About Ariana Kiener

Ariana B. Kiener is an Associate in Berger Montague’s Minneapolis office and practices in the firm’s Consumer Protection group, where she works primarily on class actions. Ari represents consumers in a wide range of cases but largely focuses her practice on representing consumers who have been harmed by inaccurate background checks and credit reports. Her career settlements are valued at more than $100 million. Before joining Berger Montague, Ari worked for several years in education, first as a classroom teacher (through a Fulbright Scholarship in Northeastern Thailand) and eventually as the communications director for an education advocacy nonprofit organization. While in law school, she clerked at Berger Montague and served as a Certified Student Attorney and Student Director with the Mitchell Hamline Employment Discrimination Mediation Representation Clinic.

Experience

1. Associate

   Berger Montague

   May 2021 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

Education

• Carleton College

  Egypt, Turkey, & Morocco - Literature, History, Religion, and Economics

• CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

  Northeastern Thailand - Development, Globalization, and Human Rights

• Mitchell Hamline School of Law

  Doctor of Law - JD

  2017 — 2020

• Carleton College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, American Studies, African/African American Studies, Educational Studies

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Editing
• Helping Others Succeed
• Grant Writing
• Political Campaigns
• Program Development
• Intercultural Communication
• Report Writing
• Membership Relations
• Op-Eds
• Email Marketing
• International Education
• Blogging
• Vendor Management
• Research
• Nonprofits
• Press Releases
• Fundraising
• Media Relations
• Project Management
• Digital Strategy
• Strategic Communications
• Volunteer Management
• Social Media
• Web Content Writing
• Teaching English as a Second Language
• Intercultural Relations
• Program Evaluation