Attorney

Christine Cockrell

• South Texas College of Law Houston

• Doctor of JurispRudence/Juris Doctor

Education and credentials.

Christine Cockrell split her formative years between the cities of Rosenberg and Friendswood. As she settled into early adolescence, she excelled academically as an honor roll student, which culminated in her being a recipient of a Moody Scholarship from the foundation that bears its name. In her downtime, she found time to work as an Instructor at the Bay Area School of Dance. Before matriculating to college, Christine set the tone for a life of extraordinary exceptionalism when she became the first African American to be named a Lunar Rendezvous Princess of the Clear Lake Lunar Rendezvous Festival (in the 25-year history of the philanthropic organization).

Following high school graduation, Christine attended Tulane University. She returned home after her freshman year to wed her high school sweetheart and dove into the business of living headfirst. She worked a full-time job at Enron while pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of Houston Clear Lake, which she earned in 1997, and started her family – giving birth to her son. After college, she chose to continue her educational aspirations, and entered law school at the South Texas College of Law and became licensed to practice law in 2004. Throughout, Christine continued to work full-time at Enron and, as if that wasn’t enough, gave birth to her second child, a girl, while in law school.

Background and expertise.

Following graduation from law school, Christine continued to excel as a coveted employee in Houston’s thriving and ubiquitous energy sector – holding several senior executive positions over 10+ years. Nevertheless, she eventually began to feel the disparities between the “haves” and “have nots” at a visceral level. And, as her two children headed to college, she felt free to address her ever increasing guilt about not being in the trenches fighting for justice and the rights of those that looked like her, as well as those that simply couldn’t afford the kind of justice afforded to a Fortune 500 corporation.

Today, Christine is firmly rooted in the trenches with her clients where she can make the kind of direct impact on their lives and futures that called her to relinquish her Corporate Card and White Tower prospects of years past. Whether she’s wearing high-heeled shoes as she stalks inside the well of a courtroom, or jeans and Chucks as she pounds the pavement seeking justice for her clients, Christine is the “People’s Attorney” whose aggression and determination works to preserve liberty for her criminal clients and financial security and redress for her clients with civil damages and claims.