Biography

Christine is an accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience as lead trial counsel in complex commercial litigation. She is a trusted legal adviser to companies and their management.

A strategic and analytical problem solver, Christine pays critical attention to detail in order to effectively and efficiently resolve disputes. She has extensive experience with challenges to contracts, pharmacy benefits/health care matters, financial disputes, insurance coverage issues and trade secrets claims. She also regularly advises and counsels clients on government investigations, risk management and media crisis responses.

    Christine is an accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience as lead trial counsel in complex commercial litigation. She is a trusted legal adviser to companies and their management.

    A strategic and analytical problem solver, Christine pays critical attention to detail in order to effectively and efficiently resolve disputes. She has extensive experience with challenges to contracts, pharmacy benefits/health care matters, financial disputes, insurance coverage issues and trade secrets claims. She also regularly advises and counsels clients on government investigations, risk management and media crisis responses.

      Representative Matters

      • Previous in-house counsel for health care insurer, advising and directing strategy on all pre-litigation and litigation matters.
      • Lead trial counsel for a pharmacy benefit manager, defending against a variety of claims including breach of contract, state statute violations and antitrust claims.
      • General counsel to health care provider, advising on all legal issues including contract negotiations, employment disputes and insurance coverage.
      • Represent UnitedHealth Group Incorporated in a series of jury trials venued in Minnesota Federal District Court seeking more than $200 million in insurance coverage from numerous managed care liability insurers.
      • Represent a lender in a fraudulent transfer adversary proceeding in In re Petters Company, Inc.et al.
      • Represent a large equipment leasing company in a vendor program dispute.
      • Secured a jury verdict in favor of Dougherty Funding LLC in a complex commercial case related to funding for the Ivy Hotel and Condo development project.
      • Served as lead trial counsel for a lender in a contested foreclosure action that was successfully tried to the court.
      • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a bank against the federal government in United States v. Petters, et al. receivership action.
      • Obtained summary judgment for a bank, including attorneys’ fees, in a guarantor dispute with lender liability counterclaims venued in Hennepin County District Court.
      • Secured a prejudgment attachment order requiring a borrower to disclose all assets and precluding him from disposing of any assets before a judgment was entered.
      • Obtained summary judgment for a national bank in a class action venued in Louisiana alleging excessive attorneys’ fees and costs in residential mortgage foreclosures.
      • Previous in-house counsel for health care insurer, advising and directing strategy on all pre-litigation and litigation matters.
      • Lead trial counsel for a pharmacy benefit manager, defending against a variety of claims including breach of contract, state statute violations and antitrust claims.
      • General counsel to health care provider, advising on all legal issues including contract negotiations, employment disputes and insurance coverage.
      • Represent UnitedHealth Group Incorporated in a series of jury trials venued in Minnesota Federal District Court seeking more than $200 million in insurance coverage from numerous managed care liability insurers.
      • Represent a lender in a fraudulent transfer adversary proceeding in In re Petters Company, Inc.et al.
      • Represent a large equipment leasing company in a vendor program dispute.
      • Secured a jury verdict in favor of Dougherty Funding LLC in a complex commercial case related to funding for the Ivy Hotel and Condo development project.
      • Served as lead trial counsel for a lender in a contested foreclosure action that was successfully tried to the court.
      • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a bank against the federal government in United States v. Petters, et al. receivership action.
      • Obtained summary judgment for a bank, including attorneys’ fees, in a guarantor dispute with lender liability counterclaims venued in Hennepin County District Court.
      • Secured a prejudgment attachment order requiring a borrower to disclose all assets and precluding him from disposing of any assets before a judgment was entered.
      • Obtained summary judgment for a national bank in a class action venued in Louisiana alleging excessive attorneys’ fees and costs in residential mortgage foreclosures.

      Before Fox Rothschild

      Christine rejoined us after working as the Director of Litigation for Medica, a large nonprofit health plan based in Minnesota that provides health care coverage across the country. Before that, she practiced at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, with which we merged in 2016.

      Beyond Fox Rothschild

      Christine is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School where she teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution.

      Bar Admissions

      • Minnesota

      Court Admissions

      • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

      Education

      • William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997)
      • University of Minnesota (B.A., 1993)

      Honors & Awards

      • Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America" list for Commercial Litigation in Minneapolis, MN by Best Lawyers (2015-2023)
      • Named a “North Star Lawyer” by the Minnesota State Bar Association for pro bono work (2013-2014)
      • Named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine (2011)