CHRISTIE R. JACOBSON received her Juris Doctor Degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 2006 and B.A. (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the Hofstra University Honors College in 2003, where she majored in English & American Literature. She is admitted to practice law in the State Courts of New York and Federal Eastern District Courts of New York. During law school, she studied under the “Commissioner Monica Gollub Memorial Endowed Distinguished Academic Scholarship in Law,” and interned with the New York State Attorney General’s Office as well as the Hofstra University Office of Legal Affairs. She served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Joanna Seybert of the Eastern District of New York, and the Honorable Peter B. Skelos of the Appellate Division, Second Department. Christie became associated with the firm in 2006 and became a Partner in 2018. Christie handles administrative litigation, including appeals to the Commissioner of Education on matters such as residency, discipline, transportation, and interpretation of the Education Law. She also trains and advises clients regarding various legal mandates. In addition, Christie routinely issues legal updates to advise clients about new laws, regulations, cases and administrative decisions that affect school districts.

Christie is regularly called upon to speak on legal issues for various organizations, including the New York State School Boards Association (“NYSSBA”), New York State Association of School Attorneys (“NYSASA”), Nassau and Suffolk Bar Associations, Long Island Association of School Personnel Administrators (“LIASPA”), and Suffolk Association of School Business Officials. In February of 2022, she co-presented a statewide legal ethics seminar entitled, "Social Media Ethics for School Attorneys" sponsored by NYSASA. In January of 2023, she presented a seminar entitled, the “Freedom of Information Law: A Primer for School Attorneys,” for the Nassau County Bar Association Education Law Committee.

In May of 2020, Christie was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of NYSASA. Since 2019, she has served as Alternate Delegate to the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) House of Delegates. In May of 2015, Christie was re-elected for a three-year term to the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Bar Association (“NCBA”). She is also a member of NYSBA and the Education Law Committee of NCBA. She has served as both Chair and Vice-Chair of the NCBA Education Law Committee and NCBA Women in Law Committee for several years. Christie’s article, “Reimagining Reopening: Ideas for School Districts,” was featured in the May 2020 edition of On Board, the statewide newspaper published by NYSSBA. Her articles were published in the Nassau Lawyer, such as: “The End of an Era: The Abolition of Religious Exemptions to Immunization Requirements,” (Oct 2019); “Can Schools Limit Student Speech? Should They?” (July 2018); and “Who is an ‘Applicable Large Employer’ Under the Affordable Care Act?” (Jan. 2014).

In 2022, Christie received the Town of Oyster Bay “Women of Distinction” Award issued by Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board. In 2020, she was honored by the Long Island Business News for “Leadership in Law.” Christie was also honored as one of the “2019 Outstanding Women in Law” by Hofstra University Law School. In addition, she was featured in New York Magazine’s “New York Women Leaders in the Law” in 2016 and 2018.