Kristen Spees Marchello is celebrating over a decade in business and now has a toddler. She loves snowboarding, skiing, surfing, kitesurfing, scuba diving, mountain/road biking, and traveling and especially teaching her child how to do all of those things!
Kristen is licensed attorney in Hawaii, California and Nevada as well as a Real Estate Broker in Hawaii and California. She focuses on Estate Planning such as Deeds, Wills and Trusts, Powers of Attorney for Assets and Health Care Directives.
Previously, she worked with her parents, at Spees & Spees Estate Planning, who have been in business since since 1984. Now she works between her Maui and Lake Tahoe offices.
Kristen Marchello graduated from the University of Hawaii in with a BA degree in Political Science and a certificate in Spanish. She attended the Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a Juris Doctorate, a certificate in Global Legal Studies and a certificate in Mediation. She has worked, studied, volunteered and traveled in over 77 countries.
Education, certificates and licenses:
-Member of the Hawaii State Bar Association
-Member of the Nevada State Bar Association
-Member of the California State Bar Association
-Real Estate Broker licensed in Hawaii and California
-2022 Became a Mom!
-2021-2023 Treasurer of the Lahaina Yacht Club
-2020 Maui Director of the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawaii State Bar Association
-2015-2017 Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors
-2014-2015 President of the Incline Village Bar Association
-2010-2013 Paralegal for Spees & Spees
-2011 Thomas Jefferson school of Law Juris Doctorate
-Certificate in Global Legal Studies
-Certificate in Mediation
-2008 University of Hawaii at Manoa
-Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
-Certificate in Spanish
-2005 Incline High School
-SDI certified Dive Master (2012)
-PADI certified Rescue Diver (2008), PADI Advanced Diver (2006), PADI Open Water Diver (2006)
-Motorcycle license, class M1 and OHV trail steward
-CPR/First Aid certified
-TABMA/USFS Trail Building Crew Leader
-Snowkite Intructor (2014)
-Rock Climbing coach and instructor (2014)
Study Abroad Programs:
2003-2004 Rotary Youth Exchange Student- Patagonia, Argentina
2007 Université de la Polynésie- Puna Auia, Tahiti
2008 University of Technology Sydney- Sydney, Australia
2009 Summer Law School at William S. Richardson School of Law, Hawaii
2011 Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Droit-Nice, France
2011 Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University-Hangzhou, China