Christine Peek practices general civil litigation, with a focus on constitutional law and lawsuits against government entities.   Peek has experience litigating constitutional issues in a wide variety of contexts, including business regulation, land use, freedom of speech, selective prosecution, and search and seizure.  Peek represents both plaintiffs and defendants, and practices in state and federal courts.  Peek also handles civil appeals and writs, and defends felony and misdemeanor criminal cases.

EDUCATION
• Santa Clara University, School of Law, J.D.
• San Jose State University, B.A. English, summa cum laude

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
• State Bar of California, 2004
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

• U.S. Circuit Court and D.C. Circuit

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Peek represented the Santa Clara County Bar Association and prepared an amicus brief on its behalf before the California Supreme Court in the California Marriages Cases.  Peek’s brief on behalf of the SCCBA focused on the confusion and uncertainty caused by California’s exclusionary marriage laws, and argued that the state’s domestic partnership scheme is incapable of replicating the status of marriage.

OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Extern for The Honorable Eugene M. Hyman, 2002

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Member, Santa Clara County Bar Association
• Member, Santa Clara County Bar Association Board of Trustees, 2007-2009

• Member, Bench-Bar-Media-Police Committee, 2008

• Member, Appellate Courts Committee, 2008

• Member, Conference of Delegates, 2008

• Co-Chair, Santa Clara County Bar Association Rainbow Committee, 2005-2007

• Member, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Managing Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 2003-2004

COMMUNITY
• Community Volunteer, Fresh Lifelines for Youth, 2002-2005
• Mentor, Leland Mock Trial Team, 2004-2005