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Kristine Modica

Attorney

T 202.973.4296 Washington, D.C.
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Kristine Modica brings a decade of litigation experience to DWT, where she handles arbitrations for the firm's institutional clients. She has supported and advised companies on product development and liability as well as environmental, insurance, pharmaceutical, OSHA, and other issues. Kristine has handled all stages of litigation in federal and state courts, including witness preparation, trial strategy, expert consultation, and discovery, and she has extensive drafting experience involving demand letters, complaints, pleadings, and motions. She has managed complex and commercial litigation for major national and international corporations in a broad range of areas, including highly specialized scientific fields. Before becoming an attorney, Kristine interned in the U.S. Department of Justice's Torts Branch.

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Admitted to Practice

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 2016
    • Pro Bono Honors Pledge Recipient, 2016
    • Student Attorney, Women and the Law Clinic
    • Constitutional Law Teaching Fellow, Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
    • Speaker, ABA Civics Seminar
  • B.A., Psychology and Sociology, Ohio University, 2012, cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Mortar Board Honor Society
    • Judicial Board Member, Rho Gamma, Women's Panhellenic Association

Background

    • Claims Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Washington, D.C., 2023-2024
    • Associate, Keller and Heckman LLP, Washington, D.C., 2022
    • Associate, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, D.C., 2021
    • Staff Attorney, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, D.C., 2018-2021
    • Senior Litigation Law Clerk, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway LLC, Laurel, Md., 2016-2018
    • Legal Intern, Torts Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2016
    • Law Clerk, Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender, Rockville, Md., 2015
    • Legal Extern, Alliance for Justice, Washington, D.C., 2015
    • Law Clerk, Pishevar & Associates PC, Rockville, Md., 2014
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