Kristine M. Schanbacher is a partner of Dentons' Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Her primary practice focuses on defending class actions and complex commercial litigation. Her class action experience includes defending: property and casualty insurance practices across the country, TCPA claims, consumer fraud claims, and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims. Her complex commercial litigation experience includes defending: large personal injury claims, general business disputes, media and advertising disputes, and product liability claims. Kristine has secured numerous victories in her class action and complex commercial litigation cases including: denials of a plaintiff’s motion for class certification, winning motions to dismiss the entire complaint (and some were dismissed with prejudice), winning motions for summary judgment, and prevailing on multiple appellate briefs. 

Kristine has tried jury and bench trials in both state and federal courts, and has obtained multiple trial wins.    

Kristine also volunteers her time to assist with cases that are apart of Dentons’ pro bono program. Kristine’s pro bono work includes: winning reinstatement of food benefits that were wrongfully terminated, obtaining political asylum on behalf of multiple clients who faced torture in their home country, helping prevent an unconstitutional statute take effect, obtaining clemency on behalf of her client with a decades old, singular, non-violent offense, and obtaining a reduced sentence for a juvenile unconstitutionally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.