Christine M. Pickel

Christine Pickel is an Associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice. She concentrates her practice in general litigation and is a member of the Firm's White Collar and Government Enforcement and Higher Education Practice Groups.

Christine's white collar experience includes work on corporate internal investigations and government investigations. She has represented a board member of a global medical device manufacturer as well as former employees of global pharmaceutical companies in connection with off-label marketing probes. Christine has also advised higher education clients on issues related to risk management, specifically with respect to compliance and preventing government investigations.

Christine's general litigation experience includes representing clients in matters before the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the Second and Third Circuits, as well as federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act cases.

Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Christine worked as a law clerk to James R. Zazzali, retired Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. In this capacity, she researched and wrote bench memoranda for the Court, researched legal matters, assisted in drafting and editing judicial opinions, and reviewed Petitions for Certification and drafted associated memoranda.

While attending law school, Christine participated in Saul Ewing's summer internship program, and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Jerome B. Simandle, a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. She also was a teaching assistant for Legal Research & Writing and Moot Court I, and was treasurer of her law school's Women's Law Caucus. She also volunteered for the Rutgers Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project.