• Christine A. Amalfe, chair of the employment and labor law department at Gibbons P.C., was sworn in as first vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
• “I cannot think of a better time to serve the lawyers of this state. I am humbled by this appointment and look forward to serving the Association and furthering its mission to help lawyers achieve success in all aspects of their life and work,” she said.
• Amalfe is on track to become president in 2025.
NEW BRUNSWICK – Christine A. Amalfe is first vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state’s largest professional organization of judges, lawyers and legal professionals.
Amalfe, chair of the employment and labor law department at Gibbons P.C., in Newark, is on track to become president in 2025.
“I cannot think of a better time to serve the lawyers of this state. I am humbled by this appointment and look forward to serving the Association and furthering its mission to help lawyers achieve success in all aspects of their life and work,” she said.
Amalfe is a practice group leader and member of the executive committee at Gibbons and serves as the firm’s human resources general counsel. Her practice areas include employment counseling and litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation and restrictive covenant matters. She also regularly counsels clients on employment agreements and executive compensation issues and conducts workplace investigations.
Her clients range from New Jersey’s largest employers to small, closely held family companies to the state’s many colleges and universities. She is a co-founder of the Gibbons Women’s Initiative, a Catalyst award-winning program designed to support, retain and advance women. She has also spent a large part of her career focusing on the advancement of women lawyers in the profession and has spearheaded the only statewide study of women in the law focused on New Jersey. She has been very involved at the state and national level on projects designed to address gender equity issues in various professions, serving as president of the National Association of Women Lawyers Foundation from 2013-2014.
Amalfe is a former trustee of the Association and a member of the Amicus, Legislative, Higher Education, and Pro Bono committees.She is a former trustee of the Women in the Profession Section. In addition, she is a member of the Essex County Bar Association, National Association of Women Lawyers, the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association.
Amalfe graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University and Syracuse University College of Law. She is married to Judge Thomas M. Moore and has three children.
For Immediate Release
May 19, 2023
Contact: Thomas Nobile
732-937-7527
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Amalfe is NJSBA First Vice President
Contact: NJSBA Communications Department
Tel: 732-937-7527
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