Kris D. Ferrell

KDWF Law Group, Ltd.
Kris D. Ward, Esq., is the sole partner in The Ward Law Firm, LLC. A Colorado semi-native, Kris did her undergraduate work at Sterling College and master's work at Virginia Tech in theatre arts. After 10 years as an air traffic controller and training specialist with the Federal Aviation Administration, Kris embarked on her legal education at Golden Gate University School of Law, where she graduated in 2001. Upon graduation, Kris was awarded the prestigious Golden Gate Honorable Lee D. Baxter Litigation Fellowship for one year. As the litigation Fellow, she was the first “Fellow” to work with the world-renowned Innocence Project and continued her relationship with Golden Gate by coaching their highly successful Mock Trial team. Kris is licensed to practice in California and Colorado. While she maintains an eclectic domestic practice representing the interests of the LGBT community in domestic and estate planning matters, since 2007 she has devoted more of her time to representing children in dependency and neglect and delinquency matters and as a child and family investigator. Kris is a member of the Juvenile Law Section and the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association. She is a past chair of the Juvenile Law Section. She also participates in Jefferson County Family Integrated Treatment Court as a guardian ad litem for children. Kris is a Certified Addictions Counselor I. She lives with her long-term partner, their teenage daughter, and her canine co-worker Lulu and the canine terror Smooch. Lulu is an indispensable icebreaker and bridge-builder in her child law practice, and can be seen accompanying Kris on home visits with the children she represents in dependency and neglect actions.
 
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