About Us

Our Story.

Kristine was born in San Diego, California, but began calling South Carolina home at 5 years of age.  She graduated from the University of South Carolina – Spartanburg with a BS in Business Administration and the University of South Carolina with a Master in Personnel and Employee Relations.  After graduation from USC she was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force and spent the next 11 years as an Air Force Officer in various locations including South Korea.  Kristine was fortunate in having the Air Force send her to The George Washington University for a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice where she fell in love with the study of law.  After leaving the Air Force she attended law school at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA and was barred in California in 2003.  She practiced various types of law, but focused most of her private practice in family law.  After living in Los Angeles, CA for 14 years, she finally returned home to South Carolina and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar September 2016.  After working for the SC Judicial Department in the Family Court as an assistant to the Honorable Tarita A. Dunbar, she took a position as an associate with Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler, P.A. in Greenville, SC.  

Although she enjoyed working with Carter Smith Law, she always knew that she would eventually open her own practice where she could focus on mediating divorce settlements. Her idea was to be a “one-stop-shop” for those couples who agree they want to be divorced, but just don’t know how the divorce process works.  As a skilled mediator, she can help couples obtain a full settlement agreement and also help them with the necessary paperwork they will need to finalize the process in court.  

Kristine’s family law passion is to help couples peacefully dissolve their marriages without going bankrupt or becoming a War of the Roses.  However, she is not afraid to put up a good fight if one is called for in a litigated divorce.  

Kristine is married to Dr. David J. Amin originally from Indiana and they have three children, Jessica (25), Alexander (24), and Katelyn (23).  Kristine and Dave are also “proud parents” of three dogs, four cats, a horse, a donkey, a pig and a snake.  Kristine is an avid cyclist, scuba diver and snow skier.  She is a member of the Greenville County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the California Bar, the Haynsworth-Perry Inn of Court and the Greenville Rotary Club.  She is also an active mediator at Upstate Mediation Center voluntarily contributing her mediation skills and helping couples reach agreements.