Christina M. Liu joined Andrew M. Hale & Associates in 2008. Ms. Liu concentrates her practice in business litigation and civil rights litigation. While pursuing her studies, she was a judicial intern for the Honorable Donald L. Graham, Southern District of Florida, a legal and policy intern at the United Nations: Office of the Global Compact, and a trainee at Majmudar & Co., a national law firm in Mumbai, India. At the University of Miami, she was president of the Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association, and received the ”Dean’s Certificate of Achievement” for Legal Writing and Research and Alternative Dispute Resolution Law and Policy. Ms. Liu is admitted to practice in Illinois, the District of Columbia, and New York.
areas of practice
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprise Certification Consulting
bar admissions
- U.S. District Trial Bar, 2010
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2008
- Illinois, 2007
- District of Columbia, 2008
- New York, 2010
education
- University of Miami School of Law J.D. – 2007
- London School of Economics and Political Science M.Sc. with Merit in Law, Anthropology and Society – 2004
- Columbia University B.A. in Political Science – 2003
notable cases
- Hicks v. Poppish (2011)
- Kitchen v. Burge et al. (pending)
- McCadd v. Murphy et al. (2011)
- Saverino v. Cook County et al. (2011)
- Gajewski v. Grindmaster Corp. (2010)
- Sanders v. City of Chicago et al. (2010)
- Venson v. Woznicki (2010)
- Montanez v. Ocampo (2010)
- Miller v. Mahon et al. (2009)
- Glasper v. City of Chicago et al. (2009)
- Ellman v. City of Chicago et al. (2009)
- Washington v. City of Chicago et al. (2009)
- Lugo v. Cosmetique Inc. (2009)
- Booker v. Livergood (2008)
- Jackson v. City of Chicago (2008)
associations
- ABA Young Lawyer’s Division Women in the Profession Committee,Vice Chair, 2010-2011, Chair, 2011-2012
- ABA Section of Litigation Young Advocates Committee, Social Media and Membership Vice-Chair, 2010-2012
- ABA Judicial Internship Opportunity Program Working Group, Member, 2009-Present
- ABA Section of Litigation, Young Lawyer Leadership Program, 2010-2012
- ABA Section of Litigation Annual Meeting Host Committee, Member, 2012
- ABA Section of Litigation, Good Works Committee, Member, 2011-2012
- ABA Section of Litigation, Small and Solo Firm Committee, Programming Subcomittee Chair, 2011-2012
notable accomplishments
- US National Aquathlon Team – 2010, 2011
