Christina M. Jenkins

Christina M. Jenkins is an associate in the Estate Planning & Administration Group. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the 2022 edition of “Ones to Watch” for Trusts and Estates and is listed as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers.

Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Jenkins was a Trusts & Estates associate at Gardner Weiss & Rosenblum LLP, where she focused on estate planning and administration, tax, litigation, and guardianship matters.  Ms. Jenkins has also worked with inMotion, Inc. (now Her Justice) and was awarded a Pro Bono Leadership Award for her involvement as Coordinator for the Courtroom Advocates Project, both of which provide services to indigent women and survivors of domestic violence.

Ms. Jenkins has served on the Advisory Council of the American Cancer Society, and is a member of the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Women’s Entrepreneurial Plaintiffs Lawyers Network. 

She is admitted to practice in New York.

awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” 2021-2022 (Trusts and Estates)

Super Lawyers "Rising Star" 2020-2021

education

The George Washington University (BA, magna cum laude, 2007)

Brooklyn Law School (JD, 2012)

  -Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law

  -Certificate in Intellectual Property, Media and Information Law

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Past Speaking Engagements

news & press

Thirty-five Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2021

The list includes: Christopher R. Chase, Victoria Cook, Lisa E. Davis, Caren Decter, Catherine M.C. Farrelly, Michael P. Frankfurt, Hayden Goldblatt, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, John B. Harris, Richard B. Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Nicole Hyland, Candice Kersh, Rick Kurnit, Brian E. Maas, Richard Maltz, Jeffrey Marks, Kimberly Maynard, Mark Merriman, Ronald C. Minkoff, Brian G. Murphy, Edward H. Rosenthal, Terri Seligman, Thomas D. Selz, Barbara E. Shiers, Wendy Stryker, Linda Wank, S. Jean Ward, Craig Whitney and Maura Wogan. Marcie Cleary, Christina Jenkins, Sasha Levites, Tyler Maulsby, and Adam Osterweil are listed as “Rising Stars.” Read more.

The Best Lawyers in America 2022

We are pleased to report that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Read more.

Thirty-five Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2020

The list includes: Christopher R. Chase, Victoria Cook, Lisa E. Davis, Catherine M.C. Farrelly, Michael P. Frankfurt, Hayden Goldblatt, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, John B. Harris, Richard B. Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Nicole Hyland, Candice Kersh, Rick Kurnit, Brian E. Maas, Richard Maltz, Jeffrey Marks, Kimberly Maynard, Mark Merriman, Ronald C. Minkoff, Brian G. Murphy, Edward H. Rosenthal, Terri Seligman, Thomas D. Selz, Barbara E. Shiers, Wendy Stryker, Linda Wank, S. Jean Ward, Craig Whitney and Maura Wogan. Marcie Cleary, Christina Jenkins, Sasha Levites, Tyler Maulsby, Adam Osterweil and Rachel Santori are listed as “Rising Stars.” Read more.

The Best Lawyers in America 2021

We are pleased to report that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services —  continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Read more.