Christy Szitta

Christy served for nine years as a WAAC board member and volunteer. Christy is an attorney with experience in criminal expungement law, commercial real estate transactions, landlord/tenant law, and trademark law. She previously worked at Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN), a small nonprofit that matches volunteer attorneys with low-income clients. Christy served as a resource attorney, supporting VLN’s housing and criminal expungement programs by mentoring volunteer attorneys, developing resources for volunteers, and working directly with clients.

Prior to her time at VLN, Christy was an associate in the real estate group at Faegre & Benson LLP (now Faegre Drinker) and an associate at Fish & Richardson P.C. In addition to her pro bono legal work, she served as a board member and president of the Hennepin County Bar Foundation.  Christy has presented a number of Continuing Legal Education programs in criminal expungement, real estate, and landlord/tenant law.

Christy is currently pursing a Masters in Library and Information Science through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies.