Kirsten Keller Williams

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ABOUT KIRSTEN KELLER WILLIAMS

Kirsten Williams is an associate attorney at Esbrook P.C. Her practice consists primarily of commercial litigation.She clerked for Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for the 2022–2023 term. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Texas.Publications:The Impact of Foresight: Reframing Discriminatory Intent to Properly Remedy Environmental Racism, 59 HOUS. L. REV. 12••••22)(third-place recipient of 2022 Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing)Greenhouse Gas Removal, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION LAW (2d ed. 2022)Presentations:\"Self-Reflection for 1Ls,\" Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop at Seattle University School of Law, Dec. 10, 2022\"From Journalist to Lawyer: How Editing Always Makes the Difference,\" Lone Star Regional Legal Writing Conference at Texas Tech University School of Law, Apr. 14, 2023“Trading Legalese for ‘Oh, Yes Please!’: How to Train 1Ls to Embrace Conversational Writing,” Central States Legal Writing Conference at Drake University Law School, Sept. 23, 2023\"Practicing Law: Expectations vs. Reality,\" Lone Star Regional Legal Writing Conference at University of Houston Law Center, Apr. 5, 2024Kirsten graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center. At the University of Houston Law Center, Kirsten served as Chief Articles Editor of the Houston Law Review.Before law school, Kirsten was a managing editor at Human Kinetics, a physical activity and health publisher in Champaign, Illinois. She also worked as a reporter and editor at a small newspaper company in the North Shore of Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studied journalism and Spanish. Kirsten enjoys strength training, cooking, reading, being outdoors, and spending time with her husband and dog.