Christine Martinez

As a Partner with Machado Law Group, Christine’s desire to help others led her to a career in the law, where she is a highly skilled attorney. She has worked in small to mid-sized law firms specializing in the areas of education law, employment law, and immigration law for over two decades.

Christine has represented boards of education in a myriad of school law matters.  She has rendered legal advice to school boards and school administrators on legal issues, including Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) matters, student and employee discipline, board policy, tenure, and seniority rights, student rights, employment and contract matters, student issues, residency matters, and special education matters.  Christine has also conducted workshops and in-service training for educational professionals covering topics, such as sexual harassment, affirmative action, board policy, HIB, and special education.

Christine has counseled and represented clients concerning employment contracts, separation agreements, reasonable accommodations, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), wrongful discharge, and harassment, discrimination, and retaliation matters. Christine has also conducted internal investigations of complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as HIB complaints.

Christine is active in her community and has been involved with the Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield (JLEP) since 2007.  JLEP is a nonprofit organization of women committed to developing the potential of women as leaders.  Christine first served as Chair of the JLEP’s signature project, Career Closet, which offers career-dressing services at no charge to women who are struggling financially to provide them with the self-confidence and self-esteem to succeed in the workplace.  Christine then served on the Board of the Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield as President-Elect (2012-2013) and President (2013-2014).  Christine received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1999 and her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Boston College in 1994. Christine is fluent in Spanish.

Education
Boston College, Bachelor of Arts
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.

Admissions
New Jersey, New York