Kristen Corpion, Esq.
Partner & Chief Innovation Officer
Legal advocate. Educator. And community leader. Award-winning attorney
Kristen Corpion is the face of the modern lawyer. After graduating from Berkeley Law School and kick starting her career at elite international law firm Greenberg Traurig, Kristen founded her own innovative law firm, CORPlaw which helped modern entrepreneurs grow and protect their businesses. Kristen is now a Partner at Trembly Law, and the Firm’s Chief Innovation Officer, using her experience and legal prowess to continue protecting business owners.
A Florida native, practicing law almost a decade, Kristen is a Past President of the Dade County Bar’s Young Lawyers Section. She is an avid supporter and proud Board Member of Aire Ventures, a non profit venture studio that scales innovative, technology and ecosystem solutions to systemic gaps in access, opportunity, and racial equity; and of Legal Services of Greater Miami, who provide free civil legal services for the low-income communities of Miami Dade and Monroe Counties, of which she also served as President of their Young Professional’s Committee.
She has been recognized for her efforts and innovations in the legal industry, earning various awards and distinctions including being selected by her peers as a SuperLawyers, Rising Star every year since 2019 to present and a Florida Legal Elite, Up & Comer (2022). She was also honored as a Prestigious Women, Innovator Award recipient by South Florida Business & Wealth (2022), a Rising Star by Miami Women Who Rock (2021) and as a Legal Trailblazer by the Daily Business Review (2019).
Kristen dedicates her spare time to mentoring students and educating business professionals about the role law plays in business. Kristen is passionate about transforming the legal profession, the perception the community has of lawyers, and using the law as a tool to help her local community grow. As the proud daughter of a single mom who ran her own business, Kristen has a special respect for working with female and minority led businesses.
- Lifting as she Climbs / USF Foundation
- Entrepreneur / 4 Employment Law Mistakes Startups Can Stop Making Today
- Entrepreneur / 4 Intellectual Property Mistakes Startups Make and How to Avoid Them
- Entrepreneurs / Startups Must Protect Their Trademark. Here’s How and Why
- Killer Startups / Venture Capital Funding is Drying Up—and Why that’s a Good Thing for Many Startups
- TechCrunch.com / All my apes gone: Legal disputes at the intersection of IP and NFTs
- TechCrunch.com / When should an early-stage startup hire a full-time lawyer?
- Venture Beat / Using cryptocurrency to attract and retain employees
- Law.com / Making the Case for More Transparency in Law Firm Hiring
- Law.com / How to Start Your Own Law Firm
- FirmLaw.com / the Daily Business Review / Yahoo! Finance (Kristen Corpion Wants to Raise an Army of Modern Lawyers)
- Berkeley Law Transcript (Miami Nice: New Venture Helps Lawyers Find Their Footing)
- South Florida Business Journal – Winner Rookie of the Year, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Was posted in DBR (Greenberg Traurig’s Kristen A. Corpion Named Winner of Legal Services of Greater Miami’s ‘Legal Eagle Closing Argument Competition’)
- Director, Aire Ventures Board of Director, 2021 – Present
- Advisor, Traact Inc. Advisory Board, 2021 – 2022
- Ambassador, Women in Games, 2021 – Present
- Director, Legal Service of Greater Miami Board of Directors, 2019 – Present
- Past President, Dade County Bar Young Lawyers Section, 2021 – 2014
- Advisor, Dade Legal Aid Venture Law Project Advisory Board, 2014 – 2015
- July 2022 – National Freelance Business Week
- April 2022 – Freelance Business Week, Tampa
- March 2022 – LegalUp Virtual Conference (Scheduled)
- March 2022 – FAU, Veteran’s Florida Entrepreneur Program
- March 2022 – FSU, Diversity and Inclusion in the Modern Legal Industry Panel
- March 2022 – Reed Smith International Women’s Day Panel
- December 2021 – Miami Shrimp Tank Podcast
- November 2021 – Innovation City Podcast
- November 2021 – Facilitator and speaker, NSU Incubate Program – Leading and Managing a High Performing Team
- September 2021 – Speaker PRSA-IPA IPA 5th Annual VirtuCon – Ledgers, Legal and Liabilities, Part 1
- August 2021 – Let’s Talk Paralegal Podcast – Roundtable Session
- July 2021 – Facilitator, NSU Incubate Program
- June 2021 – Speaker, B2L – LinkedIn 101 Training
- June 2021 – Speaker, Florida Bar Technology Symposium
- April 2021 – Panelist, Legal Fuel – Redefining Happiness and Success as a Young Lawyer
- January 2021 – Panelist, Let’s Talk Paralegal Podcast – The perspective of the paralegal role and leadership roles
- September 2020 – Speaker, Freelance Business Week: Avoiding Legal Landmines
- August 2020 – Speaker, Female Founder Fridays – The future of the law profession
- July 2020 – Facilitator and speaker, NSU Ideate Program – 5 Legal Tips Every Business Owner Should Know
- June 2020 – Speaker, Miami Networking – Interview with Manny Garavito
- March 2020 – Speaker, Lawyer Stories Podcast – Face of the Modern Lawyer
- June 2019 – Speaker, Featured on Law.com LegalSpeak Podcast (The Law Firm Generation Gap: A Millennial and a Baby Boomer Talk It Out)
- May 2019 – Panelist, PowHER Summit for Women Entrepreneurs: On finding your inner supHER power
- May 2019 – Panelist, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Miami Dade Chapter: 6th Annual Leadership Summit: Successful Mentoring for Women in the Law
- April 2019 – Panelist, Civility, Stress or More Serious Issues? Practical Guidance for Lawyers Dealing with Stress: Reimagining the Legal Profession
- April 2019 – Panelist, Dade County Bar Association’s Annual Bench & Bar Conference: Panel on Alternative Legal Careers
- March 2019 – Freelance Firm Podcast – Making the Jump from Big Law to Virtual Solo Practice
- September 2018 – Panelist, University of Miami Business Law Society Introduction to Business Law Panel
- USF Outstanding Young Alumni, 2023
- Up & Comer Award, Florida Legal Elite, 2022
- Prestigious Women Innovator Award, South Florida Business & Wealth 2022
- Rising Stars, Florida Super Lawyers 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Rising Star, Miami Women Who Rock, 2021
- Legal Trailblazer, Daily Business Review 2019
- Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers in South Florida, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 2018
- Rookie of the Year, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2014
- Best Closer in South Florida – Legal Eagle Closing Argument Competition 2014
