Kristen M. Fries is a patent attorney licensed in the State of Ohio and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Kristen practices in the area of intellectual property and technology law, including prosecution of patent applications, in various technical fields.

Kristen is a registered Engineer-in-Training (EIT).

While a law student at the University of Toledo College of Law, she served as Note and Comment Editor for Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Kristen worked in the building materials industry as a project engineer for a manufacturing facility.