Kristi Baker

Meet Kristi

Throughout her life, first as a volunteer, volunteer coordinator, and foster parent, and now as an attorney, Kristi has advocated for children in challenging circumstances. Kristi focuses her law practice on providing permanency and educational support to children. She does this as a fair, compassionate, and zealous voice for her clients in special education and expulsion matters, guardianships, guardian ad litem appointments, foster parent and grandparent rights cases, and voluntary CHIPS matters. She also helps families in divorce and paternity matters. She especially enjoys assisting with name changes and gender marker corrections for her transgender clients.  For this hard work, she was recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Practice Areas

• School Law (including IEPs and expulsion)
• Guardianship
• Grandparent Rights
• Guardian ad litem Appointments
• Foster Parent Rights
• CHIPS
• Divorce and Dissolution
• Child Custody, Placement, and Support
• Paternity
• Adoption
• LGBTQ+ Family Law
• Transgender Law

Education

Kristi earned her law degree cum laude from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. During law school, Kristi was the Student Director of the Hamline Child Advocacy Clinic, serving as a student attorney in St. Paul and Minneapolis in child-related cases. Kristi graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. in English.