Krista Carman
Northern Arizona Chapter
2019 Award Recipient

Krista Carman has been practicing law in Prescott since 2004.  Krista has a deep love of Northern Arizona and Yavapai County.  She cannot imagine living, working or raising a family in a better place.  Krista has been an Arizonan since she was 7 years old, and graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1998 with a B.S. in Elementary and Special Education. She was a special education teacher before leaving the field to study law. Krista graduated from the ASU College of Law in 2002 and was admitted to the Arizona State Bar in January 2003.

Krista initially practiced in Phoenix before moving to Prescott in 2004. She has been practicing plaintiff's civil litigation since 2003. A large portion of Krista’s practice is devoted to serious injury and wrongful death matters. She has also successfully litigated civil rights violations resulting in a wrongful death or catastrophic injury, but as small town practice goes, Krista has more than one practice area including employment law – mostly sexual harassment and wrongful termination matters.   She has litigated insurance coverage disputes in auto, home and general liability policies. As a spinoff of her personal injury practice, Krista has been retained numerous times to represent victims of crime including the families of homicide victims, assault victims, dog attack victims and drive-by shootings.  Additionally, Krista does civil appellate work. She has successfully appealed a number of cases and participated in many oral arguments at the Arizona Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Arizona.  Finally, Krista has realized her full circle goal of practicing school law. Krista and her husband and law partner, André, currently represent the local school district for many of its legal needs.

Krista is admitted to both State and Federal Court in Arizona. She is an executive board member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and serves on the Yavapai County steering committee. Krista is an arbitrator for the State Bar Fee Arbitration Program; was an appointed member of the Supreme Court Appellate Appointments Commission and the Committee for Civil Justice Reform.  She is also the President and Founding President of the Prescott Unified School District Education Foundation.

Krista and André have been married for nearly twenty-one years, and they have five children – the youngest they recently adopted from foster care.  They continue to serve the foster community as respite care providers.  Even as a young girl, Krista always believed that it was possible for women to be successful in marriage, motherhood and career.  She strives daily to do just that and to encourage other women lawyers in their goals and aspirations.