Kris is a graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City where she received a B.S. in Accounting and a J.D. and LL.M in Taxation for UMKC Law School. She has spent her career focusing on corporate and transaction law along with traffic and civil claims. During the Covid pandemic, Kris chose to leave the corporate world to focus on helping people whose rights were not being protected.
Kris has been married for 28 years with two children and three dogs. She enjoys sports, gardening and travel.