Christine advises and represents employers in all phases of labor and employment law with a specific focus on traditional labor law, where informed strategy and proactive risk management are essential.
Christine helps management teams navigate union activity, investigate and resolve workplace grievances, understand risk, and develop approaches that are aligned with business objectives. She also negotiates collective bargaining agreements, advises on union organizing campaigns, handles arbitrations, and represents employers in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proceedings.
Christine has experience representing a diverse range of employers of all sizes, across industries, including organizations that are already managing union-represented workforces, those that are seeking to remain union free, and those that take a neutral approach to unionization and wish to emphasize positive employee relations.
Prior to entering private practice, Christine spent more than a decade with the NLRB, where she held multiple positions. Most recently, she served as a supervisory attorney in the Contempt, Compliance, and Special Litigation Branch, where she advised Regional Offices nationwide and represented the NLRB in many high-profile federal court cases involving rulemaking and constitutional law. While at the NLRB, she worked in the Los Angeles Field Office and performed detail assignments in Seattle and other regions.
Christine brings an insider’s understanding of how labor law is interpreted, enforced, and litigated. She translates those insights to help employers achieve favorable positions and defensible outcomes.
