EDITOR'S NOTE: Linda Christopher is today a justice of the Westchester County Supreme Court in the 9th Judicial District of New York.

BELOW IS HER BIOGRAPHY FROM 2003 PRIOR TO HER ELEVATION TO THE BENCH:

In more than 20 years as an attorney in her native Nyack, New York, Linda Christopher has almost single-handedly built one of the most successful and respected independent practices in the region. She leads a firm focusing on litigation and matrimonial law. Known for her calm wisdom and insight, Christopher began her career working with Jerome Trachtenberg, widely regarded as the dean of the Rockland Bar, and it was in those years that she learned "how to practice law as a profession first, rather than as a business" - an approach she says she carries to this day. Early on she aspired to criminal litigation, but a clerkship with a Family Law judge swayed her to matrimonial law, where, she says, "I could help real people with real problems." For years Christopher served as a Hearing Examiner for the Rockland County Family Court, an experience that contributed to Christopher's remarkable knowledge of the law and case landscape in the region. Today, Christopher's practice, including as many as three associates and a substantial support staff, has been located on North Broadway in Upper Nyack since 1987.