Christine A. Williams
Director

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Clients rely on Christine A. Williams primarily in the areas of commercial and complex litigation and for appellate work.  She is admitted to practice in all Virginia state courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Mrs. Williams has briefed numerous appeals and has appeared before both the writ and full panel of the Supreme Court of Virginia and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  She has represented both individuals and businesses in various areas of commercial and complex litigation, including breach of contract, fraud, defamation, premises liability, personal injury, antitrust and conspiracy. 

Mrs. Williams has been selected by her peers to be included in Virginia's "Legal Elite" in 2007, 2006, 2010 and 2011.  She was featured in the December 2006 issue of Virginia Business Magazine as the featured attorney in the "Young Lawyers" category for the 2006 "Legal Elite."  Mrs. Williams was named a SuperLawyers "Rising Star" in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.  Mrs. Williams has also been AV® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  In 2011, Mrs. Williams was recognized as one of the "Influential Women of Virginia " by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.  She is also a member of the prestigious John Marshall Inn of Court. 

Mrs. Williams is one of the firm's representatives to the XDL Group, Multidimensional IP Advocates, of which the Firm is a founding member.  The XDL Group, composed of litigators and IP experts around the country, specializes in intellectual property litigation. More information on the XDL Group can be found at www.XDLgroup.com.
 
Personal Background

Mrs. Williams received her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, where she was an active member of the Pro Bono Program.  She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 1996 from Virginia Wesleyan College.

• Commercial Litigation
• Complex Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation

• Virginia Wesleyan College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1996
• University of North Carolina, J.D., 2001

• All Virginia State Courts
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Admitted Pro Hac Vice in Federal Courts across the country

• American Association for Justice (Formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
  • Chair-elect, Business Torts Section 2011-
  • Vice-Chair, Business Torts Section 2010-2011
  • Secretary, Business Torts Section 2009-2010
  • Newsletter Editor, Business Torts Section of AAJ 2008-2009
• Richmond Bar Association

• TrePadges (charitabale foundation dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children in Virginia)
  • Co-chairman of the Board, 2003-present.
• Comfort Zone Camp (national nonprofit bereavement camp for children, ages seven to seventeen, who have lost a parent, sibling or primary caregiver).
  • Board of Directors, 2008-present
  • Executive Committee, 2010-present
• Mrs. Williams spent all three years of law school volunteering for North Carolina's Guardian ad Litem program and she also defended indigent juveniles faced with criminal charge through the University of North Carolina's School of Law's Criminal Clinic Program.