Christine M Rockefeller

Partner

Christine M. Rockefeller

Education:

  • Skidmore College (BA, 1982) Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude
  • Suffolk University Law School (JD, Cum Laude, 1985)
  • Phi Delta Phi

Admitted to Bar:

  • Massachusetts 1985
  • New Hampshire 1987
  • U S District Court for District of New Hampshire 1987
  • U S District Court for District of Massachusetts 1985
  • First Circuit of Appeals Court 1985

Honors:

  • Suffolk University, graduated in top ten percent of class

Practice Area:

  • General Practice in all Courts, State and Federal

Specialty Areas:

  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Family Law
  • Medical-Legal
  • Products Liability
  • Employment Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Eminent Domain

Professional Experience:

  • Burns, Bryant, Cox, Rockefeller & Durkin, P.A. 1987-present
  • Schneider, Reilly, Zabin & Costello, Boston, MA 1985-1987 - Associate

    • Professional Activities:

    • New Hampshire Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors 2000-2002)
    • The New Hampshire of Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors 1991-1997)
    • Member and Strafford County Representative on Board of Governors, N H Woman's Bar Association
    • Member - New Hampshire Bar Association - Pro Bono Board of Directors
    • Volunteer-NHBA LawLine Coordinator, Pro Bono Marathon Host, Volunteer "Judge"-NH "We The People" Competition

    Professional Associations:

    • New Hampshire Bar Assoc.
    • Strafford County Bar Association
    • American Bar Association
    • New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association
    • New Hampshire Woman's Bar Association
    • The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
    • Member Charles C. Doe Inns of Court

    Community Involvement:

    • Board of Directors-Dover Children's Center (f/k/a Dover Day Care & Learning Center),

    Notable Cases:

    Numerous significant verdicts and settlements, including a small sampling of which are:

    Soraghan v. Cranmore

    Brown v. John Hancock

    Turner v. St. Paul Property & Liability Ins. Co.

    Price v. BIC Corporation

    Acadia Insurance Co. v. Michael McNeil

    Unsworth v. School Administrative 56

    Community:

    Town of Greenland School Board - Elected March 2002. Past Chairperson of Greenland School Board (2004-05 Term)