Christina is passionate about counseling clients through the ins-and-outs of complex litigation, navigating challenging legal issues, and telling her clients' stories in a compelling way.
Overview
Christina's practice focuses on complex litigation (including product liability), employment law, business litigation, tort claims, and trade secret misappropriation claims. She has represented clients in state and federal court and before administrative agencies, managed discovery obligations, and successfully drafted and argued a variety of motions and pleadings.
Christina brings experience as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, where she defended the United States in a range of litigation, including Federal Tort Claims Act, employment, and immigration cases. Her experience has given her in-depth knowledge of the administrative prerequisites for filing claims against the government and the procedural complexities of federal litigation.
She has defended employers in a variety of employment litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, and defamation claims under federal and state statutes. Outside of litigation, she advises employers on a range of workplace issues, such as employee handbooks and employment/independent contractor agreements.
Christina has done extensive work in appellate matters, including drafting appellate briefs and arguing before the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Experience
- Christina represents clients in business tort, contract dispute, and employment litigation. She also represents aircraft manufacturers in airplane crash cases.
- She won summary judgment on behalf of an insurer against claims for breach of fiduciary duty and negligent misrepresentation in a life insurance dispute.
- Christina represented an employer and management employee in a lawsuit brought by the employee's former employer, alleging breach of a covenant not to compete and tortious interference with an employment contract. She presented oral argument before the appellate court challenging the district court's order entering a temporary injunction, resulting in the reversal of that order and vacation of the temporary injunction.
- She represented a Kansas Groundwater Management District and its members in connection with an impairment complaint filed by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, contending that over 2,000 water rights in the Rattlesnake Creek subbasin were impairing its senior water right.
- Christina was part of a litigation team in a complex, multimillion dollar dispute involving claims for breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets.
- Christina represents clients facing charges in front of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Kansas Human Rights Commission (KHRC).
- She counsels employers working to protect themselves from future litigation by reviewing employment agreements, employee handbooks, and separation agreements.
News & Insights
News
Publications
Christina served as a Research Assistant to Professor David Rubenstein and Associate Professor Emily Grant at the Washburn University School of Law and performed research in connection with the following articles:
- David S. Rubenstein, Immigration Structuralism: A Return to Form, 8 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol'y 81 (2013)
- Emily Grant et. al., The Ideological Divide: Conflict and the Supreme Court's Certiorari Decision, 60 Clev. St. L. Rev. 559 (2012)
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
Dress for Success Wichita
- Board of Directors, 2016-2018
- Nominating and Governance Committee, 2016-2018
Junior League of Wichita
Wichita Bar Association
- Mentor to Students in Northeast Magnet High School's Pre-Law Track, 2024-Present
- Presenter for Constitution Day and Career Day in area schools, 2015-2022
Wichita Women Attorneys Association
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Kansas, 2013
- U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2022
Education
Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 2013
- Dean's Honors
- CALI Award recipient, Election Law
Kansas State University, B.A., 2007
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
