Kristen Keshishian, Esq.

Founder and Managing Attorney

Kristen is the founder and managing attorney of KK Legal & Advisory Services, a law firm dedicated to advising businesses in highly-regulated industries and emerging markets. Guided by Kristen’s leadership, KK Legal & Advisory Services is proud to serve a diverse client base, offering strategic legal counsel, regulatory compliance expertise, and business advisory services across multiple sectors.

Kristen oversees a corporate and transactional practice dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and growing businesses from inception through exit. She advises on a range of corporate and operational matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property maintenance and enforcement, and regulatory compliance. Kristen’s transactional experience is highly regarded, where she previously served as in-house corporate counsel for STIIIZY, the nation’s top-selling cannabis brand and closed transactions valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Cultivated through her in-house experience, Clients greatly appreciate Kristen’s entrepreneurial mindset for its practical approach.

Outside of work, Kristen loves traveling to coastal destinations around the world with her husband and king charles cavalier puppy. 

“At KK Legal & Advisory Services, we don’t just solve legal problems — we help businesses build strong foundations, seize new opportunities, and thrive in competitive markets.”
— Kristen Keshishian, Managing Attorney

“At KK Legal & Advisory Services, we don’t just solve legal problems — we help businesses build strong foundations, seize new opportunities, and thrive in competitive markets.”
— Kristen Keshishian, Managing Attorney

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Southwestern Law School

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology Law and Society, University of California, Davis

Minor, Human Rights, University of California, Davis

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to California Bar

AWARDS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Green Market Report’s Women in Cannabis Summit, 2025

Los Angeles Business Journal, Corporate Counsel Finalist, 2022

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Los Angeles Bar Association, Cannabis Executive Committee

International Cannabis Bar Association

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Armenian Bar Association

Armenian Women’s Bar Association

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