Kirsten M. Schimpff

Biography

Kirsten Schimpff is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was an editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Following law school, Ms. Schimpff clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, then entered private practice. Ms. Schimpff was a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C., where her practice included First Amendment, white collar criminal defense, employment, and general commercial litigation. After moving to Seattle, Ms. Schimpff joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a corporate and technology associate, where she practiced corporate and securities law. Most recently, Ms.Schimpff was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Seattle U.S. Attorney's Office. At the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Schimpff litigated cases on behalf of the United States at both the trial court and appellate level, on a wide range of civil matters, including employment, torts, medical malpractice, and immigration cases.