Kristin E. Kruse

Bar and Court Admissions

• Texas, 2006
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education

• Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., 2006; SMU Law Review - Associate Managing Editor (2005-06); member (2004-05);SMU Law Review Best Comment Award, awarded by Baker & McKenzie, LLP; SMU Law Review Best Casenote Award, awarded by Haynes & Boone, LLP; SMU Barristers
• University of Heidelberg, Germany - graduate study in political science (2001-02); Rotary Foundation Scholar
• Texas A & M University, B.A. in political science and German, 2001, magna cum laude

Noteworthy

• Briefing Attorney for Justice Charles W. Seymore, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas (2006-07)
• Intern for United States District Judge Lynn N. Hughes
• Intern for Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht
• Author, Proving Discriminatory Intent in Selective Prosecution Challenges - An Alternative Approach to United States v. Armstrong, 58 SMU L. Rev. 1523 (2005).
• Author, Religious Land Use - Eleventh Circuit Broadly Interprets Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 to Leave Local Governments Nearly Powerless to Zone Houses of Worship, 58 SMU L. Rev. 465 (2005).
• Languages: German (fluent)

Memberships

• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Young Lawyers Association
• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Houston World Affairs Council
• Women's International Shipping and Trading Associaton