Kristen Curry

Kristen Curry is a partner at Curry, Pearson & Wooten in Phoenix, Arizona. Kristen focuses on criminal defense and handles felonies, misdemeanors, DUI, traffic matters, appeals, forfeitures, and post-conviction relief. She is a Certified Criminal Law Specialist through the State Bar of Arizona. Her practice covers matters from trial-level defense through appellate and post-conviction proceedings, giving clients representation across different stages of the criminal process when liberty, driving privileges, and criminal records are at stake.

Kristen earned a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law. She was admitted in Arizona in 1993 and later gained admission to the US District Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the US Supreme Court. Her legal education and long-term criminal practice have supported work involving constitutional issues, courtroom advocacy, appeals, and challenges to searches and other law-enforcement actions.

Kristen has spent many years teaching Arizona attorneys how to challenge illegal searches, and her written training materials have been used in judicial education for Superior Court judges. She handles a broad range of criminal cases, including serious felonies and DUI matters, and has substantial experience with appeals and post-conviction relief. This combination of courtroom practice and legal instruction reflects sustained work with search-and-seizure law, criminal procedure, and defense strategy.

Kristen Curry has received an AV peer rating, has been selected as a Southwest Super Lawyer, and has been included among the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Attorneys in Arizona for criminal law. She is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Her practice combines trial defense, appellate work, post-conviction advocacy, and professional instruction in criminal law.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Curry, Pearson & Wooten, PLC
• Certified Criminal Law Specialist, State Bar of Arizona
• Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Licensed State

• Arizona

Education

• University of Arizona College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• UCLA
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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