Attorney Profile
Christina A. Gonzales
Areas of Practice
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Overview
Christina A. Gonzales concentrates her practice on environmental, toxic tort, and mass tort litigation matters. She counsels and defends clients in all stages of litigation, from inception through trial. Her experience involves securing defense verdicts for product manufacturers, contractors, suppliers, and premises owners in toxic tort cases, including strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty claims. She currently serves as local coordinating counsel for toxic tort litigation for the largest privately held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and industrial supplies in the country.
Christina received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish Literature and Sociology from New York University before going on to earn her juris doctor from Widener University School of Law. As a law student, she worked as a paralegal for a criminal and civil defense firm in Philadelphia. She also served as a summer intern for a law firm in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Following law school, Christina worked for several years as a trial attorney at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where she served as lead counsel in both bench and jury trials in Philadelphia Municipal Court, Family Court, and the Court of Common Pleas.
Christina is a founding board member of The Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, a not-for-profit resource center that provides legal advocacy, consultation and mitigation services, and education and training to combat death penalty and juvenile life-without-parole sentences in Pennsylvania.
Thought Leadership
Unlocking Diversity: A Dynamic Collaboration Between In-House and Outside Counsel to Elevate Your Legal Team, 2024 DRI Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Seminar, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA, March 21, 2024
“Diversity in the Courtroom,” Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference, Beverly Hills, CA, March 16-17, 2020
Media Commentary: "Philly Attorney Moves Toxic Tort Practice to Marshall Dennehey", Law 360, March 19, 2024 (subscription required)
“The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Community,” DRI Diversity Insider, June 15, 2017