Ms. Christine E. Devine

Christine E. Devine is a practitioner with the Law Office of Christine E. Devine, LLC in Medway, Mass., which she established in 2021. She has experience representing debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy workouts. Before establishing her firm, Ms. Devine was a partner for many years at a mid-sized law firm, where she chaired its Creditors? Rights, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group. She worked on such complex matters as the representation of businesses in need of restructuring, trustees liquidating unique assets, and a wide range of businesses and individuals seeking cost-effective advice when encountering a distressed financial situation. Ms. Devine also has experience with commercial lending and has represented lenders and borrowers in all types of financing transactions, including general commercial financing, asset-based financing, real estate financing, participation agreements and intercreditor transactions. She is a frequent speaker on a range of bankruptcy-related and business topics, and became a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy in 2019. In 2020, Lawdragon recognized Ms. Devine as one of the ?500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers,? and in 2006, she was honored with the Worcester Business Journal?s ?40 under 40? award. She also was named a Massachusetts ?Super Lawyer? by Boston magazine and Law & Politics from 2008-12 and from 2014-22. Ms. Devine teaches bankruptcy law classes at Suffolk University Law School and she is active as an alumna of the University of Massachusetts. She received her B.A. cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991 and her J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in 1994.