MEET OUR ATTORNEYS

CATHY E. KRINICK

Cathy Krinick is a Newport News native who began her legal career in the Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in 1978.  She became very involved in child advocacy as a result of her years of prosecuting cases with child victims.  She spent a number of years working as a consultant for the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse and presented training classes across the United States. 

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After 17 years of prosecuting serious criminal cases, Ms. Krinick transitioned into the private practice of law.  Naturally she has defended serious criminal cases on the Peninsula and surrounding localities.  Her years of prosecuting child abusers led her to continue to advocate for the best interests of children in child custody cases.  Often described as a “shark," she has devoted her career to protecting children.

CHRISTINA E. JAMES

A native Virginian, Christina James earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Yale University in 1999.  Christina returned to Virginia and graduated from the Marshall Wythe School of Law of the College of William & Mary in 2002.  She has been practicing law in the Hampton Roads area ever since.

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Christina began clerking for the chief judge of the Norfolk Circuit Court.  After working for the Public Defender’s Office in Norfolk, Virginia, Christina was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in the City of Hampton for five years.  She has been in private practice since 2008, representing clients in the state and federal courts of Virginia.