Kjirsten Durand-Johnson

ASSOCIATE

Kjirsten Durand-Johnson is an Associate at DCH Law LLP. She provides counsel across the firm's practice areas, with a primary focus on drafting and negotiating engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements and other commercial contracts for utility-scale renewable energy projects. Kjirsten also supports the firm’s external general counsel services, providing legal and commercial guidance to clients across a broad range of business matters in the renewable energy space.

Kjirsten completed a dual degree program in 2020, receiving a J.D., cum laude, from Elon University School of Law and a Master of Environmental Law and Policy, with honors distinction, from Vermont Law School. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from Florida Atlantic University, where she earned a certificate in Ethics, Law and Society and completed an honors thesis exploring the intersection of ecology and theology. During law school, Kjirsten was a legal intern for the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Office of General Counsel and completed a full-time residency-in-practice with Syngenta Crop Protection LLC. She also served as Managing Editor for Elon Law Review, where she published a note on using NEPA and the ESA to mitigate pesticide field trials, and as a teaching assistant for the first-year legal research and writing courses.

Kjirsten holds an active membership in the North Carolina Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section. 

During her free time, Kjirsten enjoys connecting with nature and spending time with her husband, children and their animals.

EDUCATION

Elon University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)

Vermont Law School (M.E.L.P., with distinction)

Florida Atlantic University (B.A., summa cum laude)

IN-HOUSE EXPERIENCE

Syngenta Crop Protection LLC (Resident-in-Practice)

PUBLIC SECTOR

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (Legal Intern)

PUBLICATION

Note, “Productive Harmony:” Using NEPA and the ESA to Mitigate Pesticide Field Trials, 13 Elon L. Rev. 232 (2020).