Kirsten Barron
Kirsten practices in the areas of business and employment law and brings over 30 years of legal experience to her work. She takes a practical, solution-oriented approach to all aspects of her practice.
Kirsten advises businesses, large and small, often serving in a general counsel role. Her business work includes entity formation and structure, general corporate governance, contract drafting and review, transactional work and ownership disputes.
Kirsten represents both employers and employees in all aspects of the employment relationship. She has represented employers with as few as three employees and as many as 600 employees.
Also find Kirsten at: Crina and Kirsten Get To Work where she and co-host Crina Hoyer discuss topics of relevance to women in the workplace.
- Partner, Barron Smith Daugert PLLC formerly Brett & Daugert PLLC 1998 to 2022
- Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Grays Harbor County
- Associate with a boutique Northern Virginia firm, Chadwick, Washington, Moriarty, Elmore and Bunn, PC, working in the area of
community association law, including general corporate advice and real estate and land use matters - Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Petrich of the Washington State
Court of Appeals (Division II) and the Honorable Lawrence S. Margolis of the United States Federal Court of Claims Washington, D.C.
Certified in Internal Investigations – Council on Education in Management in association with The George Washington University
James Madison University (B.A. 1987)
University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law
- Law Review
- Moot Court Board
- ABA-ALI Writing Competition, Winner
- Carrico Moot Court Competition, Winner
- Whatcom Family YMCA, Board Chair
- League of Women Voters – Bellingham/Whatcom County, Committee Member and Volunteer
- Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. (WCCSEO), Board Member
- LAW Advocates, pro bono/access to justice, Advisory Board Member and Volunteer
- Washington State Campaign for Equal Justice, Member
- Equal Justice Coalition, past Chair
- Washington State Access to Justice Board of Directors, past Chair and Member
- Whatcom FC Rangers, past Board Member
- Washington State Supreme Court Public Trust and Confidence Committee, past Member
- Southside Soccer Board of Directors, past Member
- Pickford Film Association, past Board Member
- Slum Doctor Programme, past Board Member
- Allied Arts of Whatcom County, past Board Member
- Washington Super Lawyer, Thompson Reuters, 2022, 2023, 2024
- 2023 Whatcom Women in Business Community Legacy Award
- 2018 Woof and Whiskers Award from the Whatcom Humane Society
- 2016 LAW Advocates Chair’s Commendation Award for Lifetime Service to our Community
- 2015 President’s Award from the Legal Foundation of Washington
- 2012 Joe Pemberton Award for Service from the Whatcom County Bar Association
- 2009 Local Hero Award from the Washington State Bar Association