Christine Coen

Christine practices in the firm’s family law group and has a special interest in assisting victims of domestic violence. She is a graduate of Smith College with a degree in Economics and a minor in Geology. Christine graduated cum laude from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1999, where she was the Editor of the 1999 GGU Women’s Law Forum, as well as a published author (California’s Anti-stalking Statute: The Pivotal Role of Intent, GOLDEN GATE U. L. REV. (1998).



Christine was born and raised on Long Island, New York. After graduating college, she moved to San Francisco and has resided in the Bay Area since. Christine began her legal career in the field of criminal law, practicing for both the Criminal Division of the San Francisco Superior Court as a Legal Research Attorney and with the Marin County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney, where she gained significant trial and courtroom experience. Christine briefly left law practice to raise her two daughters and tried out a few different fields of practice upon her return, including taking a full-time, temporary position with the Alameda Superior Court as a Research Attorney (filling in for an Attorney who was on maternity leave), insurance defense law, and family law. Christine has practiced exclusively family law for the past three years, including with a small boutique firm in Marin County and as a Domestic Violence Attorney for Legal Aid of Sonoma County. Christine has a 100% success rate securing Domestic Violence Restraining Orders for clients who pursued their case to final adjudication.

When Christine is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and her Golden Retriever puppy, cooking, reading about medieval history, and trying to keep up with her husband on hikes.