Christine E. Coverdale is a Senior Attorney and Trial Litigator at Nicolson Law Group. Christine has practiced law for over 20 years and is licensed and admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in California.

 

Over the course of her career, Christine acquired significant experience litigating and trying media, entertainment, business and intellectual property disputes in the motion picture, music publishing, gaming, merchandising, advertising, sports, and technology arenas. As technology changed, so did the nature of Christine’s litigation experience, naturally leading her to branch into representing partnerships, companies, and entrepreneurs in a wide variety of complex commercial, business, and real estate litigation, including disputes involving claims for breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and business torts, negligence, securities fraud, minority shareholder claims and corporate derivative actions.  Over the past several years, Christine brought her extensive trial and litigation experience to the insurance defense arena, focusing on cases involving habitability, product liability, personal injury, premises liability, intellectual property and construction defect.

 

Perhaps it’s Christine’s prior experience in the IT industry that gives Christine an edge over many other lawyers. Christine worked first as a programmer, then as a systems and financial analyst. Although the technology has changed since Christine’s early days in IT, her real-world experience in IT project delivery gives her a very unique and analytical perspective and insight into her clients’ litigation matters and enables her to offer a blend of legal experience and business strategy to complement her management of a client’s case.

 

Christine brings a well-balanced perspective to all of her legal pursuits, having found herself on both sides of the table in criminal and civil cases, first as a victim of a crime at a very young age, inspired by the protection afforded to her by her counsel, then later being able to pay that advocacy forward, having had the honor of representing survivors in their most difficult moments. 

 

Christine’s approach, regardless of the subject matter, remains the same: she provides the client with authentic analysis of the claims and defenses; consistently advises the clients as to the costs and benefits of litigation; negotiates professionally and in good faith with counsel; and above all else, ethically represents her clients’ interests from onset to resolution.

 

Christine attended Whittier College School of Law, graduating in 1997. Christine received her Bachelor of Arts in French and English Composition from Rutgers University in 1987. Christine is a member of numerous organizations including the Los Angeles County Bar Association and Global Fund for Women.