Christine E. Devine, Esq.
Christine E. Devine
With more than twenty-nine years of legal experience, Christine established her firm in 2021 with a goal of helping people and businesses find practical solutions to challenging financial problems. Christine has significant experience representing both debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy workouts. Before establishing her firm, Christine was a partner for many years at a mid-sized law firm where she served as the chair of that firm’s “Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group.” She gained valuable experience working on many complex matters including 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 bankruptcy case or other distressed financial situation.
Christine also has experience with commercial lending. She 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.
Christine is active in the legal community, participating in bar associations and speaking frequently on a range of bankruptcy-related and business topics. In 2019, she became a fellow in the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy, which recognizes exceptional bankruptcy professionals for their work, their contributions to the administration of justice, their public service and their integrity. In 2020, Lawdragon recognized Christine as being one of the “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers.” In 2006, she was honored with Worcester Business Journal's "40 under Forty" award. She was named a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” by Boston magazine and Law & Politics in 2008-2012, 2014-2021. She was also included in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and recognized in the areas of (i) Bankruptcy and Creditor / Debtor Rights and (ii) Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
Christine is also active as an alumna of the University of Massachusetts, her alma mater. Since 2011, she has participated as a member of the Economics Alumni Advisory Board and, from 2013–2020, she participated on the Steering Committee of Women for UMass, a philanthropic group that supports women and women’s initiatives at UMass.