Anette N. Kristensen
With decades of experience in the legal field, Anette specializes in offering tailored solutions to streamline calendar-driven workflows, managing complex cases, and providing expert paralegal support to law firms and small businesses.
A Journey in Legal Support Excellence
Throughout her career, Anette has built a reputation for providing expert legal support, managing complex cases, and improving legal workflows. With over 25 years of experience as a senior paralegal, her dedication to continuous learning led her to earn the NALA Certification in Advanced Discovery, ensuring she provides top-tier discovery support.
Mentorship & Teaching
In addition to her hands-on experience, Anette is passionate about educating and mentoring the next generation of legal professionals. As an instructor for NALA training courses, she has guided aspiring paralegals and helped them develop the skills necessary to succeed in the legal field.
Published Author
As a published author, Anette has written extensively on paralegal support, legal workflows, and office management. Her books aim to share her expertise and provide practical guidance for professionals looking to streamline their legal practices and improve operational efficiency.

With decades of high stakes litigation, including 20+ years in Beverly Hills divorce law, Anette has built a reputation for providing expert legal support in complex, high-conflict cases. Her systems were created in the trenches and perfected through use in high-intensity, high-stakes litigation. Throughout her career, she has consistently delivered solutions that streamline legal processes and enhance the efficiency of legal teams.
Anette’s experience spans the intricacies of not just divorce law, where she has supported attorneys for decades, but general litigation. She developed systems that stand up to the most demanding cases. Her practical knowledge, combined with a commitment to ongoing professional development, ensures that clients receive the highest level of legal management and support.

Anette’s expertise extends beyond paralegal support—she is dedicated to empowering the next generation of legal professionals. As a published author, her books provide invaluable insights into high conflict litigation, legal workflows, and office management. Through training and mentorship, Anette helps both new and experienced paralegals develop the skills they need to succeed and manage their cases using tried-and-true methods. She offers a broader perspective on law firm management, working closely with leadership to develop systems that ensure firms and legal teams are set up for long-term success, creating efficient, streamlined workflows that meet their unique needs.

Anette's expertise extends beyond paralegal support, empowering the next generation. As a published author, her books provide insights into high-conflict litigation, legal workflows, and office management. Through training and mentorship, Anette helps paralegals develop the skills to manage cases effectively.
Anette offers customized legal solutions designed to meet the unique needs of attorneys, in-house legal teams, realtors (including notary and signing services), and individuals. Her services range from hourly paralegal support and legal consultations to staff training and project-based document and file organization. Whether it’s assistance with small business needs, customizing legal forms and solutions, on-the-job training for new hires, document review and organization, or assisting with looming deadlines, Anette provides the flexibility needed.
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Running a small business comes with its own set of legal challenges, but not every issue requires an attorney. As a senior paralegal, Anette offers practical, hourly paralegal support for small businesses, including drafting demand letters, assisting with small claims, and handling other legal matters that don’t require full legal representation. As a legal management consultant with years of experience navigating legal systems, she helps resolve disputes, organize documents, and manage issues efficiently, allowing clients to stay focused on running their business.
Streamline your practice using hourly paralegal support that provides tailor-made processes and procedures designed to meet specific needs. Anette specializes in creating efficient and user-friendly systems for calendaring, document management, and case management. Whether it's organizing workflow, tracking deadlines, or managing case details more effectively, as a legal management consultant, Anette designs processes that simplify the process, saving time and reducing stress. With decades of experience as a senior paralegal in high-stakes litigation, she understands the demands on attorneys and legal staff. Anette can help create systems that work for you.
Are you a sole practitioner starting your own office? Or have you hired a recent graduate but don’t have the time to train them? Anette offers hands-on, hourly paralegal support and practical training to quickly get new hires up to speed. After a brief consultation to understand the client’s needs, Anette provides a tailored package of training hours specific to the client’s practice. As a legal management consultant, she works with your team to ensure your office is running smoothly, helping them navigate the workflow while you focus on your clients.
Need incoming documents reviewed and summarized? Anette can handle that—and more. From organizing documents into categories for trial preparation to matching them with specific document requests and interrogatory responses, as hourly paralegal support, Anette ensures everything is in order. Whether it's assistance with a single task or full project management, as a legal management consultant, Anette is here to help. Clients can provide their requirements, and she can support the team or manage the entire project efficiently.
Is your staff overworked or overwhelmed due to an increased workload or unexpected absences? Whether someone is out on leave, PTO, or sick, Anette is available to provide support. She can assist with trial preparation, document review, and filings, including creating tables of contents and authorities, and handling appellate filings. Clients can reach out for assistance in these areas when needed.
"I became acquainted with Anette during the time she was employed by Kolodny Law Group from 1997 to 2017. I have known Anette in a professional capacity since approximately 2003... I know that Anette's job in that firm required that she interface on a high level with local Judges in addition to her regular duties, and she did so with ease. Anette is an excellent communicator, well organized, highly reliable and computer literate… She would be a tremendous asset to your firm. It is with great pleasure that I write this letter on behalf of such a deserving candidate.”
"Anette’s work ethic, dependability, and professionalism consistently surpass all expectations. Anette has excellent communication and organization skills... [she] is very good at monitoring calendars, meeting deadlines, maintaining contact with clients, drafting complaints, supporting case preparation, accomplishing goals and accepting ownership.. I am confident that she will be a tremendous asset to any organization she joins and has my highest recommendation.”
"I have known Anette since I came to work for Kolodny & Anteau, the predecessor firm for Kolodny Law Group, in June 2004... Throughout the time Anette and I worked together, I found her to be intelligent, well-organized and capable of managing many tasks at one time. Even under pressure, Anette’s demeanor remained professional and polite.”
"From the start, Anette's unique skills in drafting and responding to demand letters were evident. Her ability to effectively communicate our position and her deep understanding of construction were instrumental in successfully resolving [my small claims] case. She translated the complex history of problems with the homeowner into articulate demand letters, ensuring our communications were precise and persuasive.”

A practical, in-the-trenches guide to navigating the most emotionally charged, high-stakes cases. Packed with real-world strategies, checklists, and insights, it covers everything from managing discovery to supporting attorneys under pressure—while staying organized, ethical, and calm. Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned paralegal, this book will help you thrive in the storm.clients.

An inspiring and humorous look at a paralegal career built on perseverance, faith, and a relentless drive to do things right. Through heartfelt stories and lessons learned, it explores the challenges of overachievement, the value of balance, and the joy found in purpose. A celebration of grit, humor, and a God-given calling to excel—both in work and in life.

The ultimate guide to bringing order to litigation chaos. Packed with proven systems and strategies, it shows you how to organize complex cases, streamline discovery, track deadlines without panic, and stay trial-ready. Turn even the most high-stakes cases into a manageable process—with just a touch of magic.

This is a unique paralegal guide to systems that end chaos. In her upcoming publication, Anette outlines the essential systems that empower legal professionals to stay ahead in a demanding field. Drawing from decades of experience Anette reveals how strong, proactive organization is the key to success. This book focuses on legal workflows, case management, and office organization, this guide will show readers how to design efficient systems that turn even the most complex cases into manageable tasks. Learn how to build the foundation that allows you to focus on what truly matters—meeting deadlines.
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