About the Attorneys of Empowered Family Law
Kristine K. McCulloch
Kristine McCulloch is an experienced attorney and mediator with over 13 years of experience. As the founder and owner of Empowered Family Law, she is a creative and results-driven problem solver who helps her clients discover and harness their inner strength.
Krissy has been practicing family law exclusively in Mobile since 2008, when she started at Conrad & Barlar (which became Conrad Barlar & McCulloch in 2013). She is also a mediator certified in Domestic Relations and Domestic Violence and has extensive experience in Domestic Relations and Juvenile courts advocating for parents and for children as guardian ad litem.
When her mentor David Conrad passed away in 2014, Krissy continued to develop the family law practice he had been so passionate about until she and her other mentor, Danny Barlar, decided to amicably diverge firms in 2021.
For Krissy, family law is more than a career. It’s also a calling. As a child of divorce, she understands the impact it has on children and families. When she went through her own divorce in 2018 and became a full-time single mom, she discovered a new passion for a holistic approach to family law. Today, she uses that approach to minimize the damage families experience while providing zealous advocacy for clients.
“We empower families to navigate difficult changes and create new beginnings,” Krissy says. To help her stay on this path, she keeps herself centered through physical fitness and mindfulness.
She lives in Mobile with her two children, Fiona (7) and Graeme (4).
Education:
- Appalachian State University, magna cum laude (BA- 2002)
- University of Alabama School of Law (J.D.- 2007)
Legal Experience:
- Owner at Empowered Family Law, PC (2021 – Present)
- Conrad Barlar & McCulloch (2013-2021)
- Conrad & Barlar (2008 – 2013)
Current Memberships:
- Mobile Bar Association
- Mobile Bar Association Women Lawyers, (Past President)
- Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar
- Leadership Mobile, Class of 2021
Rachel Williams
Rachel Williams is a native of Mobile, AL. She received her undergraduate degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2015 and her JD from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, in 2021. While attending law school, Rachel competed with Cumberland’s National Trial Team and was a Cumberland’s Career Development Board member. Before starting with Empowered Family Law, Rachel clerked for Circuit Court Judge Brandy Hambright. In her free time, Rachel loves to travel, read, and spend time with her family.
Emily Parish
Emily is an experienced trial attorney with a passion for helping Alabama families. Emily is skilled in all aspects of family law litigation, from mediation to trial. She began her career with the Yeager Law Firm, P.C. in Daphne, Alabama, handling the firm’s family
law practice.
A dedicated and compassionate advocate, Emily values the opportunity to assist families and individuals as they navigate some of life’s most difficult situations. Motivated by a profound desire to help others, she was drawn to a career in family law. Emily aspires to empower her clients and their families, helping them to move forward filled with confidence and hope.
A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Emily earned her Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she won the LSU Law Ira S. Flory Trial Competition and was the President of the Public Interest Law Society.
Emily is proud to call Mobile home. When she’s not in the office, you can find her spending time with her family and two dogs, catching up on her yearly reading challenge, or attending one of the many local events in the Mobile Bay area.
Education:
- The University of Mississippi, B.A
- Louisiana State University School of Law, JD
Admissions:
- Alabama
- Louisiana
Community and Professional Activities:
- Alabama Bar Association
- Mobile Bar Association
- Baldwin County Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
- Baldwin County Bar Association – Family Law Section
- Young Professionals of Mobile
- Alpha Omicron Pi Alumni Association – Mobile Chapter
- Dauphin Way United Methodist Church
