Christina Ginter is a principal based in the Detroit office. She focuses her practice on appellate law and complex legal issues, including tort reform and class certification. She is licensed to practice in Michigan, the federal Eastern District of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. With extensive experience in both the federal and state appellate courts, Ms. Ginter regularly deals with a number of different substantive issues, including medical malpractice, employment discrimination, commercial litigation, real estate, municipal law, civil rights, constitutional law, and probate law. She has written articles and presented at seminars on such diverse topics as post-judgment and appellate procedure, future advance mortgages, HIPAA, and Michigan tort reform. Ms. Ginter serves in many organizations concerned with appellate practice and recently was elected as Chair of the State Bar's Appellate Practice Section. The Appellate Practice Section is an organization made up of over six hundred appellate practitioners and judges that provides education regarding appellate practice, and works with the appellate courts and the Legislature on issues involving appellate procedure and appellate court administration. Ms. Ginter also was selected to serve on a special committee composed of practicing attorneys and appellate judges that will explore a pilot settlement program at the Court of Appeals.

She was named a Rising Star in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by Super Lawyers. Rising Stars are attorneys who are 40 years old or younger or those who have practiced for ten years or less. Only 2.5 percent of Michigan lawyers are named to this list every year.

She is AV® Peer Review Rated by LexisNexis/Martindale Hubbell. The AV Peer Review rating is the highest rating allowed. It attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflects the confidential opinions of the Bar and the Judiciary.

Ms. Ginter received her J.D. with honors and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Michigan.

Professional Memberships:

Chair, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Michigan
Member, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Court Administration Committee, 1999-2000
Member, Appellate Practice Section Court Liaison/Rules Comment Committee, 1998-2001
Member and Co-Chair of Subcommittee on Civil Practice, 2004 and 2007 Appellate Bench-Bar Conference Planning Committees