Christine Gale
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody
The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street, Suite 3300, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
About Christine Gale
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May, 1981J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Participated in the Appellate Moot Court competition
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1975B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Liberal Arts
- Honors: Dean's List
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, Alimony, Family Law Update for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1997 - Present
- Law for the People Seminar, Allegheny County Bar Association
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1981
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1981
- U.S. Tax Court, 2005
Other Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1981 - Present (Member)
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Family Law, 1981 - Present (Council Member)
- Women's Center and Shelter of Gr. Pittsburgh, 1981 - 1983 (Bd. of Dir.)
- Smokefree Pennsylvania, 1990 - Present (Shareholder and Board member)
- Allegheny County Bar Association (Council Member)
- Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, 2013 - Present (Board of Directors)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2007 - Present (Council Member)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2008 - 2009 (Co-Chair of Legislation Committee)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2012 - 2013 (Chair)
Past Positions
- Feldstein Grinberg Stein & McKee, Shareholder and Department Head – Family Law
- Raphael, Ramsden & Behers, P.C.
- Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott & Mannino, P.C., Shareholder – Family Law, 1989
- Hyatt Legal Services
- Scott & Vogrin
- Child Advocacy Legal Aid, 1980
Articles
Published Works
- Pennsylvania Family Practice Manual (Co-Authored with Frederick N. Frank), January, 1990
- Author, Tax Aspects of Divorce in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, 1993
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, First Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 1997 – 1366
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Second Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 1998 – 2108
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Third Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 1999 – 2345
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Fourth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2000 – 2556
- Author/Speaker, “Alimony Primer: How Much? How Long?”, Co-authored with John Rogala Evanoff, Family Law Section Summer Meeting, Vol. I., PBI No. 2001 – 2828
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Fifth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2001 – 2841(R)
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Sixth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2002 – 3143
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Seventh Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2003 – 3302
- Speaker/Panelist, Tax Consequences of Divorce: Avoiding the Pitfalls, PBI No. 2003 – 3414
- Speaker/Panelist, Fundamentals of Family Law, PBI No. 2004 – 3521
- Speaker/Panelist, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, PBI No. 2004 – 3588, 2004
- Author/Speaker, Alimony, Counsel Fees and Support Guidelines Update, Eighth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2004 – 3611
- Author/Speaker, Custody Relocation Update, Family Law Section Summer Meeting, PBI No. 2004-3777
- Author/Speaker, Alimony, Counsel Fees and Support Guidelines Update, Ninth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2005 – 4068
- Author/Speaker, Amendments to the Divorce Code: One Year Later, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, PBI No. 2006 – 4216
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Tenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2006 – 4446
- Author/Speaker, “Hitting the Jackpot: Addressing Tax Issues in a Winning Way”, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, PBI No. 2007 – 4795, 2007
- Author/Speaker, “Hitting the Jackpot: Addressing Tax Issues in a Winning Way”, 2nd Annual Family Law Institute, PBI No. 2007 – 4795
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Eleventh Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2007 – 4921
- Author/Speaker, Alimony Cases, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, PBI No. 2008 – 5185, 2008
- Speaker, Legislative Update, Family Law Section Summer and Winter Meeting
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Twelfth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2008 – 5424
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Thirteenth Annual Family Law Update, PB I No. 2009 – 5975
- Author/Speaker, Alimony Issues and Practical Applications, Sophisticated Issues for Family Lawyers, PBI No. 2010 – 6313
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Fourteenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2010 – 6436
- Speaker/Moderator, Cocktail Party Chatter, PBI No. 2010-6599
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Fifteenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2011 – 7009
- Author/Speaker, Alimony and Counsel Fees, Sixteenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2012 – 7342
- Speaker, Seventeenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2013 - 7942
- Author/Speaker, Sophisticated Issues for Family Lawyers, PBI No. 2013 - 8013
- Speaker, As Family Court Judges See It Seminar, National Business Institute, Spring, 2014
- Speaker, Eighteenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2014 – 8398
- Speaker, Nineteenth Annual Family Law Update, PBI No. 2015 - 9025
- Author/Speaker, Tax Aspects of Family Law, Family Law Section, winter meeting 2016
- Bridge the Gap – Basic Family Law Practice – Allegheny County Bar Association – 1983-1985
- Law for the People – A Course for Non-Lawyers Allegheny County Bar Association – 1991-1998
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Opinions Committee – since 1985 have authored capsule summaries and headnotes for published cases
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section, Case Notes Author for Family Lawyer
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Family Law, Communications, Estate Planning
- 32 years of experienceFamily Law, Communications, Estate Planning, Business Law, Government
Nearby Lawyers
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