Associate

Kristine N. Ulrich represents a diverse range of clients in insurance bad faith litigation, landlord-tenant disputes, business lease transactions, contract disputes, and the formation, funding and other planning issues associated with tax-exempt entities. She has extensive experience in litigation and resolving landlord-tenant disputes and issues arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and related cost recovery claims.

Kristine earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Barbara College of Law, where she served as president of the Student Bar Association, dean of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity Int’l John A. Westwick Senate and founder of the annual DTP Law Review Article Scholarship Contest and Fundraiser. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Kristine has been an active member of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, William L. Gordon Inns of Court, and Santa Barbara Barristers. She currently serves as the vice president of the Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club and founding member and secretary of the Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club Foundation.

Kristine also sits on the Steering Committee for S.A.F.E. (Saving At-risk Youth from Exploitation) House Santa Barbara, a six-bed short-term residential therapeutic program designed to meet the specific needs of minor female survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. She also serves as the Santa Barbara junior representative for the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee, where she sits on the Violence Prevention subcommittee.