Kristyl Revelle Treadaway

Bar / Professional Activity

• Louisiana State Bar Association, 2010
• Louisiana

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Kristyl Treadaway successfully argued a Motion for Judicial Determination of Community Assets and Liabilities in District Court.  This case went to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and the District Court Judgment was upheld., 2023
• Kristyl Treadaway was hired by her client for an adoption in 2020. Her client left an extremely unhealthy marriage three years prior and got divorced. She found happiness with her second husband and had a child with him. Her new husband was trying to adopt her son from her first marriage. At this time, the child had no relationship with their birth father. The only father figure for this child was with their stepfather. During trial in 2021, Kristyl and her client learned that there was a service issue in the first divorce, and that her client wasn't truly divorced from her first husband, and as a result, was not properly married to her second husband. With Louisiana law, this meant that the child she had with her second husband was legally considered to be the child of her first husband. Additionally, the Petition for Adoption was DENIED. For three years, Kristyl and her associate worked tirelessly to make things right with Kristyl's client. They nullified the first divorce; they got their client properly divorced. Their client and her current husband were then properly married. They legally had their client's younger baby properly affiliated away from the first husband and with the second husband, the child's biological father. Kristyl and her associate worked to set up a new and valid custody and child support Judgment for the first child with the first husband, the child seeking to be adopted in the first place. From there, Kristyl, her associate and their client waited for the appropriate parameters to be met to try the adoption again. Those parameters were met in early 2023 and the second adoption was filed. Trial on the second adoption was held in March, 2024. Judgment was just received that the second adoption was GRANTED!!! This child who has bonded with their stepfather and only knows this man as their dad is now officially his child. Birth certificates are being reissued with new last names., 2024

Representative Clients

• Client email: I want to sincerely thank you for the time, effort, and guidance you’ve provided throughout my custody case. Your support has meant a great deal during such a difficult and emotional chapter. I'm truly grateful for the hard work it took to get a schedule implemented*****I would refuse to use anyone but you and your team., 2025
• Client Email: Thank you and Kim and Rebecca so, so much for everything! You all made this difficult process easy to get through. I am so grateful for your expertise, professionalism, and kindness. I’m really glad I chose you., 2025

Special Licenses / Certifications

• Member of Advisory Board for the Family Law Specialization as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization
• Family Law Specialist certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, 2016

Pro bono / Community Service

• Kristyl Treadaway adopts a child from CASA for Christmas.  Children from CASA have been removed from their homes due to it being an unsafe environment.  As a result of living in temporary housing with foster children, a lot of children will get little to no Christmas presents.  For the past three years, Kristyl Treadaway adopts a child and provides several presents for that child to open on Christmas day.  

Educational Background

• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Moot Court Program, 2009
• Loyola University New Orleans, majored in Political Science and minored in Psychology,  Bachelor of Arts, 2005
• Archbishop Chapelle High School, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, and the Hi-Steppers Dance Team, with honors in 2001

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Co-presented with Rebecca A. Heilman regarding process and procedure of Louisiana marriage dissolution, Speaker, NBI Family Law A to Z, 2021
• Law Review CLE, “Handling Your First Divorce”

Honors

• Louisiana Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2015 through 2023, Rising Star, Super Lawyers
• Top 10 Family Law Attorneys in Louisiana Under 40 by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys.

“Excellent attorney.”