DurretteBradshaw PLC: Christine A. Williams

RICHMOND MIDLOTHIAN FREDERICKSBURG TRAVERSE CITY

Director

voice: (804) 775-6838
fax: (804) 775-6911
cwilliams@durrettebradshaw.com

Practice Groups:
Commercial Litigation
Complex Litigation
Appellate Law

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 premises liability, personal injury, breach of contract, antitrust and conspiracy. Some of Mrs. Williams’ representative cases include helping a Virginia company defend a breach of contract and patent infringement lawsuit in another jurisdiction; a minority shareholder dispute; and nationwide antitrust class actions.

Mrs. Williams has been selected by her peers to be included in Virginia's "Legal Elite", according to Virginia Business Magazine, in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, for the past two years. 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 also named a SuperLawyers "Rising Star" for the past two years, an honor reserved for the top 2.5% of lawyers in this Commonwealth. 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.

Professional Affiliations:

Virginia Bar Association
American Association for Justice-Business Torts Newsletter
Editor (Formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Richmond Bar Association
American Bar Association

Community Involvement:

Co-chairman of the Board for TrePadges, a charitable foundation dedicated to making a diffeence in the lives of children in Virginia.
Mrs. Williams also serves on the Board of Directors of Comfort Zone Camp, the nation's largest nonprofit bereavement camp for children. The camp serves children ages seven to seventeen who have lost a parent, sibling or primary caregiver.
Mrs. Williams spent all three years of law school volunteering for North Carolina's Guardian ad Litem program and she defended indigent juveniles faced with criminal charge through the University of North Carolina's School of Law's Criminal Clinic Program.