The News: WILL has announced Kirsten Atanasoff as our new Associate Counsel, expanding our litigation team as we approach new fights to defend property rights, parental rights, and push back against bureaucratic overreach in Wisconsin and beyond. Kirsten joins WILL following five years of experience in commercial litigation at an AmLaw 100 firm.
The Quotes: WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, stated, “WILL continues to attract unparalleled legal talent as we continue to make a meaningful impact in the lives of so many Americans. Our team is excited to have Kirsten join our efforts to defend liberty and freedom in Wisconsin and beyond.”
WILL Associate Counsel, Kirsten Atanasoff, stated, “I am honored to join the stellar attorneys at WILL and to devote my practice to advancing economic freedom, protecting the free use of property, and reining in administrative overreach. This important work reflects both my professional experience and my belief in constitutionally grounded limits on governmental power. I’m excited to get to work.”
Additional Background: Kirsten joins WILL after practicing commercial litigation at Husch Blackwell. She received her law degree cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review. Kirsten also holds an undergraduate degree from Baylor University.
Prior to her time in private practice, Kirsten gained valuable experience interning at the Office of the Wisconsin Solicitor General and the Great Lakes Legal Foundation. A native of Oconomowoc, Kirsten has returned to her hometown where she resides with her husband, daughter, and their rescue dog.
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