Kristen E. Horne is an associate of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in Columbia in business litigation.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Horne served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana and Morocco, working with communities to improve maternal and child health care, nutrition, and access to immunizations and clean drinking water.

Ms. Horne served as law clerk to the Honorable Cameron McGowan Currie, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.

She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2007 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was named to the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe. Ms. Horne served as associate editor in chief of the South Carolina Law Review. She received CALI Awards in International Law, Construction Law, and the Warren Court. Ms. Horne earned her Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs in 2002 from the University of Virginia.