I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996. I earned my B.A. Degree in History, with a specialty in Ancient to Early Modern European Cultural Celebrations, and a minor degree in Rhetoric. My thesis, entitled, "The Evil of May Day: A Retrospective Analysis of the Puritanical Rejection of May Day in 17th Century England" discussed the Ancient Celtic, Medieval and Early Modern culture and contemporary understanding behind the celebration of May Day.

After U.C. Berkeley, I attended Loyola University of Chicago for my first two years of Law School, where I was the Senior Articles Editor of the Consumer Law Review. I published an article entitled, "A Future of Green Power?: The Utility Deregulation in America" in the Loyola Consumer Law Review, vol. 10, No. 3 (1998). I received my Juris Doctorate in May of 1999 after completing my law degree at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law located in San Francisco, California.

During the fall semester of my third year of Law School at U.C. Hastings, I clerked for the Honorable Judge Ernest Goldsmith of the Superior Court of California in the City and County of San Francisco. I also researched for the Honorable Judge Robert Dondero during the fall semester of 1998 in the Hall of Justice in San Francisco.

During my last semester at U.C. Hastings and after graduation, I practiced for one year at the law firm of Berman DeValerio Pease and Tobacco in downtown San Francisco where the firm focus was Securities Antitrust Class Action Litigation. After that, I switched over to Corporate Transactional law at a small boutique firm representing Internet start-ups in corporate finance, corporate governance, drafting shareholders rights agreements and facilitating mergers and acquisitions in Silicon Valley.

Throughout the time I practiced with firms, I continued to pursue my desire to help animals by taking pro bono animal related cases and by volunteering with organizations such as: In Defense of Animals, Animal Care and Control and Reunion Rescue's pit bull rescue group.

I finally saw the light, dropped the firm jobs, and have been doing 100% Animal Welfare related cases since August of 2001.

Very Truly Yours,

Christine L. Garcia
The Animal Law Office
State Bar No. 209701

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