Our Legal Team

CRISTIN L. JUST

      Cristin Just is the owner and managing attorney of the Law Office of Cristin Just. Cristin's previous experience includes two years serving as a deputy prosecutor with the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office from 2014 to 2016, where she tried cases ranging from traffic infractions to felonies.  Her trial experience includes jury trials, probation hearings, bail hearings in cases ranging from low level felonies to murders, sentencing hearings and post conviction hearings.  The majority of Attorney Just's experience as a deputy involved working on various felony-level criminal cases, and she successfully departed with an undefeated record in trials.  

     Since starting her own practice, Ms. Just has focused on criminal and family law, but has begun to take on small business clients seeking affordable services pertaining to the start-up and continuing growth of their organizations.  It's been Cristin's career aspiration to open her own legal practice and help give back to the community.  

Specialties

Litigation

Contact review and drafting

Legal research and writing

Experience

• Lake County Prosecutor's Office- Deputy Prosecutor
• Indiana Legal Aid - Pro Bono Attorney
• Indiana Attorney General- Tax Lititgation Division- Post JD Clerk
• Cook County Public Defender's Office- 711 Certified Law Clerk
• Marion County Juvenile Detention Center- Counselor
• Human Rights Advocacy Center- Accra, Ghana

Education

Indiana University- McKinney School of Law

Juris Doctorate (JD)