Carissa Kranz

Carissa is a former professional ballet dancer-turned lawyer who is licensed to practice law in New York, Washington D.C., and Florida. Aside from anchoring on the Law & Crime Network as a show host with Dan Abrams, you may have seen her on Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew, Fox News, CBS, CNN/HLN, NBC, Sirius radio and other major news media outlets as the Legal Expert.

Before founding her own INJURY law firm in order to be a caregiver for her ballet teacher-mentor, Carissa worked as a Prosecutor where she tried close to 100 cases, a litigation attorney at Greenberg Traurig, a law Clerk for the California Supreme Court, and legal counsel for a law clinic representing indigent clients, to name a few. Carissa now runs the Law Offices of Carissa Kranz, which is a law firm for injured clients. Carissa's law firm also runs BevVeg International, which focuses on vegan certification for products and is considered the stamp of approval for conscious companies by Forbes, California Wine Advisor, PETA, CBS news, NBC news, Social Life Magazine, LiveKindly, Vegetarian Resource Group, and the Minnesota Growler, Drinkhacker, Bartender magazine, among others.

Carissa was awarded: Super Lawyer; Top 40 Under 40 trial attorneys by ASLA; Super Lawyer "Rising Star"; Martindale-Hubbell legal leader award with an AV Preeminent rating score; the AVVO Client’s Choice Award with a superb 10.0 rating, Super Lawyer — Rising Star (2018 – Present), among other awards. After graduating from the University of Florida’s School of Journalism, summa cum laude, where she served as an anchor for an Emmy winning newscast, Carissa attended UC Berkley School of Law. In law school, Carissa was as an Editor of Law Review and awarded Best Oral Advocate. After law school, Carissa earned her master’s in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she was the Bloomberg Scholar and a Capitol Hill correspondent.

Carissa is inspired by compassionate solutions and justice.

University of California - Berkeley

J.D. (2010) | LAW

2007 - 2010

Honors: Law Review - EDITOR Best Oral Advocate - Moot Court

Activities: East Bay Community Law Center Clinic for Indigent Clients Extern - Clerk: California Supreme Court

Northwestern University

Masters in Journalism (2010) | Broadcast Journalism

2009 - 2010

Honors: Bloomberg Scholar

Activities: Television Anchor & Reporter

University of Florida

B.A. (2006) | Journalism - Telecommunications

2002 - 2006

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Activities: Anchor and Reporter for local newscast; Student Government

Founding Attorney

Law Offices of Carissa Kranz, PA

2014 - Current

Personal Injury Law Firm and Vegan Certification Practice. Compassionate Solutions and Justice for ALL beings.

Attorney

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2013 - 2014

Litigation Attorney. Civil Litigation and Securities Litigation.

Assistant State Attorney

Prosecutor

2011 - 2013

Trial attorney. Assistant State Attorney. Lead counsel for criminal jury trials.

TV News - Legal Expert

CBS, NBC, CNN/HLN, Law & Crime, Sirius Radio, Etc.

Television News - Legal Expert, National TV

Alzheimers Community Care, Palm Beach Luncheon, The Beach Club, Palm Beach

February 6, 2019

Alzheimers Community Care

Vegan Certification Specialist

BevVeg International

Super Lawyer

Super Lawyer

2019

Top Influencer

Metropolitan Magazine

2019

Key Note Speaker

Alzheimers Community Care

2019

Rising Star

Super Lawyer

2018

Top 40 Under 40 Trial Attorneys

ASLA

2018

The Federal Bar

2012 - Current

Palm Beach County Bar Association

2011 - Current

American Bar Association

2011 - Current

The Florida Bar

2011 - Current

The New York Bar

2011 - Current

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2011

Florida

The Florida Bar

ID Number: 0089554

Since 2011

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

Since 2012

• Free Consultation
  Free Consultations. No Win, No Fee!
• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees

• Vegan Certification