Christina A. Gonzales concentrates her practice on environmental, toxic tort, and mass tort litigation matters. She counsels and defends clients in all stages of litigation, from inception through trial. Her experience involves securing defense verdicts for product manufacturers, contractors, suppliers, and premises owners in toxic tort cases, including strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty claims. She currently serves as local coordinating counsel for toxic tort litigation for the largest privately held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and industrial supplies in the country.
Christina received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish Literature and Sociology from New York University before going on to earn her juris doctor from Widener University School of Law. As a law student, she worked as a paralegal for a criminal and civil defense firm in Philadelphia. She also served as a summer intern for a law firm in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Following law school, Christina worked for several years as a trial attorney at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where she served as lead counsel in both bench and jury trials in Philadelphia Municipal Court, Family Court, and the Court of Common Pleas.
Christina is a founding board member of The Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, a not-for-profit resource center that provides legal advocacy, consultation and mitigation services, and education and training to combat death penalty and juvenile life-without-parole sentences in Pennsylvania.
Honors & awards
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star
2017-2018
Year joined
2024
Thought Leadership
Toxic Tort Litigator Christina A. Gonzales Joins Marshall Dennehey as a Shareholder in Philadelphia
Asbestos & Mass Tort Litigation
Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
March 18, 2024
Experienced trial attorney and toxic tort litigator Christina Gonzales has joined Marshall Dennehey as a shareholder in the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Classes/Seminars Taught
Building Your Book of Business with Brand YOU! (Pitching Business and Executive Branding), Women of Color Roundtable, DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, New Orleans, LA, June 11, 2025
Unlocking Diversity: A Dynamic Collaboration Between In-House and Outside Counsel to Elevate Your Legal Team, DRI Life, Health, Disability, and ERISA Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, March 21, 2024
Can I get Close to You? Networking Panel, DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, Nashville, TN, June 2024
Authentic Diversity, DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, Nashville, TN, June 2024
Being Your Authentic Self - Leveraging Your Personality for Business Development, DRI Diversity for Success Seminar, Charlotte, NC, June 2023
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