Christina A. Gonzales

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.

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.

Experience Highlights

Toxic Tort

•Secured a defense verdict for an HVAC and plumbing supply house in an asbestos-related mesothelioma case in which she served as second-chair trial counsel

Honors & Awards

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2017-18

Community Involvement

•The Atlantic Center for Capital Representation: Founding Board Member

Publications & Events

Publications

•“The Importance of Diversity in the Legal Community,” DRI Diversity Insider Newsletter, June 15, 2017

Presentations

•“Diversity in the Courtroom,” Cutting-Edge Issues In Asbestos Litigation Conference, Beverly Hills, CA, March 16-17, 2020

Recent Insights

Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Christina A. Gonzales

December 10, 2018