Christine A. Amalfe
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Ms. Amalfe is listed among the region’s leading employment lawyers by the Best Lawyers®, Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and New Jersey Super Lawyers. As Chair of the firm’s Employment & Labor Law Department, Ms. Amalfe manages lawyers across three of five Gibbons offices, overseeing legal, administrative, and business development functions for one of the firm’s most active business units, with clients among the world’s best-known companies representing industries critical to the local, state, and regional economies.
In addition, Ms. Amalfe is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and serves as Human Resources General Counsel for Gibbons, and she is a co-founder of the internationally recognized Gibbons Women’s Initiative.
Ms. Amalfe is regularly commended by clients for understanding their business needs while aggressively litigating their legal issues and providing comprehensive employment related counseling and training. She has been extensively involved in defending single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class claims under state and federal employment laws. She also conducts multi-faceted employment counseling and training for corporate clients.
Overview
- Syracuse University, J.D., graduated 1985
- Seton Hall University, BS, graduated 1982
- New Jersey, State of New Jersey
- New York, State of New York
- Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys Inc. - Founding Member
- American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section
- Defense Research Institute - Employment Law Committee
- Essex County Bar Association - Member
- New Jersey State Bar Association - At-Large Trustee
- New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Expedited Civil Actions - Member
- New York City Council Task Force on Discrimination and Harassment - Member
- New Jersey, State of New Jersey
- New York, State of New York
- Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys Inc. - Founding Member
- American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section
- Defense Research Institute - Employment Law Committee
- Essex County Bar Association - Member
- New Jersey State Bar Association - At-Large Trustee
- New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Expedited Civil Actions - Member
- New York City Council Task Force on Discrimination and Harassment - Member
- Syracuse University, J.D., graduated 1985
- Seton Hall University, BS, graduated 1982
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Litigation - Labor and Employment, Newark (2026)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, Newark (2020)
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Covenants Not to Compete
- COVID-19
- Defense
- Discrimination
- Employment
- Harassment
- Litigation
- Management
- State and Federal
- Whistleblowers
- Wrongful Discharge
- College of Labor and Employment Attorneys 2015
- Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, Trial Lawyer Award 2015
- Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor & Employment
- AVĀ® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient, New Jersey Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015
- Listed as a "State Litigation Star," Employment & Labor Law, by Benchmark Litigation, 2015
- Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list, Employment & Labor; Top 50 Female Attorney in New Jersey; Top 100 Attorney in New Jersey
News & Media
Additional Information
- Other Court Admissions
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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