M. Kristeen Hand

M. Kristeen Hand is a lawyer and partner at The Spence Law Firm, LLC, focused on personal injury law and complex civil litigation. Her practice includes motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, industrial and workplace injuries, wrongful death, products liability, civil rights, and medical malpractice. She has represented clients injured or killed in drilling, refinery, construction, manufacturing, and other industrial settings. Her work further includes serious collision cases involving cars, semi-trucks, and passenger buses.

Kristeen earned her undergraduate degree in Zoology and Physiology from the University of Wyoming. She later received her J.D. with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law. After law school, she served as a law clerk for the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Natrona County District Court of Wyoming. Her education and judicial experience prepared her for a career centered on complex civil litigation.

Kristeen has handled cases involving catastrophic injuries, workplace deaths, medical negligence, and defamation. Her case experience includes a federal wrongful death action involving commercial driver fatigue and an electrocution case arising from work on a drilling rig. She has secured multimillion-dollar settlements for severely injured clients and families affected by fatal accidents. Her courtroom work includes a medical malpractice trial resulting in a finding of liability.

M. Kristeen Hand is admitted to practice in Wyoming, the US District Courts for Wyoming and North Dakota, and the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Her professional affiliations include the American Association for Justice and Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. She has served with the Federal Bar Association’s Wyoming Chapter and the Wyoming State Bar’s Character and Fitness Committee. She further serves with nonprofit legal and community organizations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, The Spence Law Firm, LLC
• Past Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
• Past Board Member, Wyoming Trial Lawyers’ Association
• Past President, Federal Bar Association

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

• University of Wyoming College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Wyoming
  Undergraduate