Appointed By: U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
The Hon. Christine M. Gravelle is a judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. She was appointed to the bench by the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on July 1, 2013.
Prior to her appointment, Gravelle spent thirteen years as a partner at Markowitz Gravelle, LLP, in Lawrenceville (2000 to 2013), where her practice focused on commercial litigation and bankruptcy, representing individual and commercial debtors, creditors, trustees, and committees. Before that, she was a partner at Markowitz O’Donnell, LLP.
She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1979. Gravelle then completed a J.D. at Suffolk University Law School in 1986. She was admitted to practice in Rhode Island (1986), Massachusetts (1987), and New Jersey (1993).
After graduating from law school, she began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Donald F. Shea with the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Gravelle is a past president of the Mercer County Bar Association and a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee to the Board of Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. She also served as a trustee of the Bankruptcy Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a member of the Board of Trustees of Central Jersey Legal Services, and a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.
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