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Partner
Christine A. Page is a partner with Gilchrist & Rutter. Her areas of practice include complex business litigation and dispute resolution with an emphasis in employment, real estate and securities matters.
Ms. Page's employment practice includes advising employers on all aspects of employment law; defending employers against claims of wage and hour violations, discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination; prosecuting and defending claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and related unfair competition matters; and representing officers in negotiation of employment and severance agreements.
Her securities practice includes representing broker dealers, investment advisers and registered representatives in prosecuting and defending claims before FINRA Dispute Resolution (formerly NASD), and handling related regulatory investigations. She also represents individual brokers in obtaining CRD expungment awards in connection with customer complaints and terminations.
Her real estate practice includes: litigating boundary disputes, mobilehome/ manufactured housing disputes, commercial lease disputes, nuisance and trespass claims, and disputes between homeowner associations and their members/third parties.
Ms. Page earned her J.D. degree with distinction at the School of Law, University of California at Davis. She received her B.A. with honors from Whittier College, Whittier, California and her Diplome d'Etudes Superieures from the University of Aix-Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, France.
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- Defense of wrongful termination, sexual harassment and breach of contract claims resulting in defense verdict following one-month jury trial. Judgment affirmed in unpublished appellate opinion.
- Obtained award of expungement from FINRA for broker with fifteen separate customer complaints related to auction rate securities.
- Defense of racial harassment and disability discrimination claims resulting in favorable settlement following jury selection.
- Prosecution of claim for breach of commercial lease resulting in seven-figure judgment affirmed on appeal.
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Successful defense of broker dealers and registered representatives in FINRA/NASD arbitrations involving customer claims alleging fraud, churning, unsuitability and unauthorized trading, as well as representing them in regulatory matters.
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Successful defense of federal court Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) fraud action. Appellate court opinion in California Architectural Building Products, Inc. v. Franciscan Ceramics, Inc., 818 F.2d 144 (9th Cir. 1987) set legal standard in Ninth Circuit for summary judgment motion and for establishing "pattern" under RICO.
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- Honors and Awards:
- Super Lawyer in Employment Law, Southern California Super Lawyers,
selected by Law & Politics Media, Inc.; www.SuperLawyers.com (2012)
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, www.martindale.com
- Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1978 - 1979
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1982
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- California State Bar Association
- Member, Labor and Employment Section
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member, Labor and Employment Section
- California State Bar Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, Member
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
- Member
- Published Works:
- "Compelling Arbitration: A Matter of Judgment", California Litigation, the journal of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California, Spring, 1994
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- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker, "Limited Scope Representation in Employment Law," State Bar Annual Meeting, September 25, 2010
- Representative Cases:
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