Kirstin E. Helmers

Throughout her practice, Kirstin Helmers has focused exclusively on probate and trust litigation. Inheritance disputes often involve high-tension, high stress situations. Kirstin utilizes a firm, creative and thoughtful approach to help clients navigate these emotionally charged situations and achieve optimal results in court, at mediation or in informal negotiations.

Kirstin also writes and teaches about probate and trust litigation and is the co-editor of the Minnesota CLE Trust and Estate Litigation in Minnesota Deskbook. She was the Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association Probate, Trust and Estates Section for 2024-2025 and was Co-Chair of the Section’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Committee from 2018-2023. She helped plan the annual Minnesota Probate, Trusts and Estates Section Conference from 2017-2026.

Kirstin graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Russian History and obtained her law degree from the University of Minnesota. In law school, she clerked at the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, taught legal writing, and was the head writer for the Theatre of the Relatively Talentless, the law school's annual musical. Since law school, Kirstin has enjoyed spending time in court, first as a law clerk for Hennepin County Judge Marilyn Rosenbaum (ret.), then as an associate with Rodney J. Mason, Ltd., and now at Mason & Helmers.