Profile

  • Listed in:
    • New York Super Lawyers®, Upstate New York Rising Star, Employment and Labor, 2015-2016
  • Onondaga County Bar Association
  • Justinian Honorary Law Society
  • Order of the Coif
  • Editor-in-Chief, Syracuse Law Review
  • Associate Editor, The Labor Lawyer

  • Advising and Defending Clients on Employment Discrimination Claims, Law Firm Alliance 2026 L&E Conference, January 23, 2026
  • Co-host of Bond's weekly webinar series, “Business in 2024”
  • Breakfast Keynote Session: Legal Update, 2024 Annual All-Day Conference, CNY SHRM, June 21, 2024
  • Breakfast Keynote Session: Legal Update, 2023 Annual All-Day Conference, CNY SHRM, June 22, 2023
  • An Interview with Kristen Smith, Labor and Municipal Law, Legally Bond Podcast, March 6, 2023
  • HR Briefing: 2022 - A Year in Review, MACNY, January 10, 2023
  • Breakfast Keynote Session: Legal Update, 2022 Annual All-Day Conference, CNY SHRM, June 2, 2022
  • Are You Ready? NYS Paid Family Leave, Empire State Society of Association Executives, November 9, 2017
  • Three Critical Issues for New York Employers, New York Association of Long Term Care Administrators, April 21, 2017
  • What Employers Need to Know, Reagan Companies' Academy of Risk Management Seminar, 2017 Labor & Employment Law Update, March 2, 2017
  • Labor & Employment Law Update: Navigating Change in 2017, CNY SHRM, January 26, 2017
  • Other Employment Laws You Need to Know, National Business Institute, November 14, 2016
  • Legal Issues Regarding Company Wellness Programs, Syracuse Media Group, Healthiest Employers of CNY, November 4, 2015
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act: Understanding the Proposed Regulatory Changes, and Avoiding the Minefield of Wage & Hour Liability, CNY SHRM, October 8, 2015
  • Ask the Experts, 2015 Conference, CNY SHRM, June 12, 2015
  • Solving the Puzzle of Complex Accommodation Issues in the Evolving Workplace, Tompkins County SHRM , November 6, 2014
  • Complex Issues in Accommodating a Diverse Workforce, Annual Conference, NYS SHRM, September 30, 2014
  • Employment Law Basics for Supervisors, Managers & Business Owners, CNY SHRM, September 25, 2014
  • Top Ten Employment Law Trends and Issues for 2014, Legal Update, CNY SHRM, January 22, 2014
  • Identifying & Addressing Common Human Resource Management Pitfalls, Bond's Tenth Annual Best Practices for Nonprofits, January 16, 2014
  • The NLRB’s New, Aggressive Focus on Non-Union Employers, SHRM, March 7, 2013

  • Company news: Kristen E. Smith returns to Bond, Schoeneck & King, syracuse.com, April 20, 2022
  • Quoted in “U.S. sues Estée Lauder for allegedly discriminating against new dads,” WBBH, August 31, 2017
  • "Lawfully Managing an Aging Workforce," Manufacturing Matters, Summer 2017
  • Quoted in “New York Employers Must Prepare for Paid-Family-Leave Program,” HR Today, May 22, 2017
  • "New York’s Paid Family Leave Proposed Regulations: A Primer for Employers," Central New York Business Journal, April 3, 2017
  • "Know the Law: Background Checks Continue to Trip Up Employers," HR Specialist, New York Employment Law, May 2014
  • Kristen Smith and John Gaal, "Federal Agencies Extend Their Reach," New York Law Journal, January 22, 2013

  • Board of Directors, Food Bank of Central New York
  • Board of Trustees, Bishop Ludden Junior-Senior High School