NEW BRUNSWICK – Christine A. Amalfe became the immediate past president of the New Jersey State Bar Association on May 14.
Amalfe, who served for 2025-26 as the NJSBA’s 127th president, said leading the Association was one of the greatest honors in her professional life. She remarked that the NJSBA has never been better positioned to address those most pressing issues facing the state’s lawyers and legal profession in general.
“Each day, I was inspired by the volunteers who dedicate their time outside of work to strengthen the profession. They devote countless hours drafting Supreme Court briefs, advocating in consequential cases, contributing to legislation that enhances our legal system and sharing their expertise through educational panels,” Amalfe said. “These volunteers represent the best of us, and I am proud to have stood alongside them.”
Under Amalfe’s leadership, the Association sharpened its strategic focus through a yearlong planning initiative centered on advocacy, continuing legal education, finance, membership and sections and committees. The Association also advanced key advocacy priorities by helping reduce judicial vacancies, renewing the Judicial Compact to preserve its nonpartisan role in vetting judicial and prosecutorial candidates and protecting attorneys from increased costs by opposing a proposed registration fee hike. Consistent with its mission, the NJSBA also reinforced its commitment to the rule of law – speaking out against attacks on the judiciary and legal profession and launching the Defending Democracy CLE series to promote constitutional principles and civic engagement.
“Together with the bar leaders who follow, I am committed to ensuring the Association continues to protect the rule of law, defend individual rights and preserve judicial independence. That is our core mission, one we will uphold so long as we remain the voice of New Jersey attorneys, judges and legal professionals,” Amalfe said.
Amalfe is national co-chair of the Employment and Labor Law Practice Group at FBT Gibbons LLC and will be assuming the job as Chair in June 2026. Her practice areas include employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, sexual assault and restrictive covenant matters and workplace investigations. She also regularly counsels clients on various human resources and and executive compensation issues. She is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Employment Lawyers.
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 and on various committees of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.
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 retired Presiding Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Moore of O’Toole Scrivo, LLC and has three children.