Kristen R Fournier

Practice Areas

Kristen Fournier is a litigation partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kristen has extensive experience in multidistrict litigations as well as mass tort and product liability litigation. She provides state-of-the-art defense strategies to companies facing high-profile, high-risk matters. Kristen is known for her sophisticated understanding of jury trends and her unique ability to craft messages that drive home her client’s objectives. She leverages her knowledge of human behavior to build long-term, litigation-wide strategies that ultimately guide judges and juries to the right conclusion for her clients.

Finally, Ms. Fournier is a first chair trial lawyer who has tried mass tort cases in some of the most difficult jurisdictions across the country, including New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA and New Orleans, LA. She has represented clients in a wide variety of toxic tort and product matters over time, including cases alleging exposures to PFAS, TCE/TCA, vinyl chloride and ethylene oxide.