CHRISTINE BACON
Attorney-at-Law
Attorney. Advocate. Author.
Bacon Law is a boutique litigation practice serving clients in New York and Washington, D.C. The Practice specializes in sophisticated legal analysis and cogent legal writing across a broad spectrum of business, contract, real estate, and civil disputes in state and federal courts.
About
Chris began her legal career in the Manhattan office of an elite international law firm, working in the firm's litigation and real estate practice areas. A quarter century later, she is a lawyer with a wide breadth of experience. She listens deeply to her clients and has a knack for translating their goals into compelling legal narratives. Over the course of her career, she added non-profit executive, senior military spouse, group training facilitator, published author, media spokesperson, and grassroots advocate to her repertoire. A visionary and analytical thinker, she leverages the diversity of her experiences to find holistic solutions for her clients.
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Chris is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and
the United States Supreme Court.
Christine Bacon | Principal Attorney
In her own words . . .
I think I was born to be an advocate. My earliest memories include standing up to a bully on the school bus, and I have never stopped pushing back against injustice. Back then, the bully ruled with the threat of physical violence, and I received a black eye for my efforts. This experience helped shape the trajectory of my professional life, because I learned first hand that in the absence of the rule of law, brute force prevails.
Among my proudest professional accomplishments is helping to create, launch, and operate the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center from 2016 - 2022. In my role as Director of Education, I developed the Heritage Center's signature Freedom Conversation program where educators engage visitors in deep conversations about the impact of slavery in the present day. There, I was a thought leader in crafting and implementing systemic change in museum practices to forefront the voices of those directly involved in more than 400 years of resistance to oppression on North American soil.
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The breadth of experience I bring to every project was fostered by the events of 9/11, which forced me to continuously reinvent my career while supporting my active-duty Army spouse as 'Household 6' through orders to seven states during more than 10 years of war. During that time, I was a founding member of the Military Spouse JD Network, where I worked with the New York State Bar Association Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct to successfully advocate for licensing accommodations for military spouse attorneys.
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I have held numerous non-profit board positions and am currently serving as President of The Traveling School, a place-based high school semester program with a mission to empower girls and gender expansive youth to spark change in the world.
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The common theme running through each of the many phases of my life has been advocacy. From the school bus to the courtroom, there is no greater reward for me than to obtain justice on behalf of another.
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