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Phone: 419.931.6932

Fax: 419.931.6942

Email:

cmayle@tmlpa.com

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Insurance Recovery

Professional Liability

Licensed:

Ohio

New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits

U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio

U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

 

Education:

Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, 2001, J.D., cum laude

Providence College, Providence, RI, 1998, B.A., summa cum laude

- Christine E. Mayle - Of Counsel

      Christine focuses her practice primarily in complex civil litigation.  Her experience includes a broad range of commercial disputes including contracts, indemnity, insurance coverage, unfair business practices, covenants not-to-compete, trade secrets, fraud, and other business-related torts.   She also has experience in product liability and legal malpractice defense.  Christine has litigated in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.  She also has experience arbitrating commercial disputes in privately-held arbitrations, and has practiced before the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, France.

      Before joining Thacker Martinsek LPA in 2011, Christine practiced with Cooper & Walinski, LPA (now Cooper & Kowalski, LLP) in Toledo, Ohio for six years, and was a litigation associate with Dewey Ballantine LLP (now Dewey & Leboeuf LLP) in New York, New York for four years.

      Christine received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Providence College in 1998. She received a law degree cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in 2001, where she was Managing Editor of the Journal of College and University Law. While in law school, Christine participated in a summer study program at the Notre Dame London Law Centre in London, England.

Professional Memberships:

• American Bar Association
  Litigation Section, Woman Advocate Committee (Editor-in-Chief, The Woman Advocate
  Newsletter, 2011-present)
  Litigation Section, Expert Witness Committee
  Litigation Section, Committee on Corporate Counsel

• Ohio State Bar Association

• Ohio Women’s Bar Association

• Toledo Bar Association (Federal Court Committee)

Representative Cases:

• Twee Jonge Gezellen Ltd. v. Owens Illinois, Inc., 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 18257 (6th Cir. 2007)
• Warren Steel Holdings v. Williams, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67043 (N.D. Ohio 2007)

Community Involvement:

• Member, Junior League of Toledo (Chair, Nominating Committee, 2011-present).
• Board of Directors, ProMedica Toledo Hospital and Toledo Children’s Hospital Auxiliary (Recording Secretary, 2011-present)
• Alumni Volunteer, Notre Dame Law School Admissions Office

Speaking Engagements/Seminars Taught:

• Annual Lecturer at Nicholas J. Walinski Federal Court Practice Seminar – Filing of New Cases and Removal (2007-2011)
• Handling Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions and Apex Deposition Requests: Everything You Need to Know from Top to Bottom – Annual Meeting of National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Chicago, Illinois (October 6, 2009)
• Social Media Marketing: Are LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter Effective and Worth Your Time –Webinar Sponsored by The Women Lawyers Alliance (January 7, 2010)

• Presenter at The Toledo Bar Association Legal Malpractice Seminar (December 1, 2010)

Pro Bono Activities:

Christine has assisted the Pro Bono Legal Services Program of the Toledo Bar Association by representing victims of domestic violence at civil protection order hearings in Domestic Relations Court.  In 2006, Christine received a Pro Bono Award from the TBA in recognition of her work in this area.