Christina Mastrucci Lehn represents and advises clients on a variety of complex civil matters in state and federal courts. She has experience in all aspects of litigation, particularly in pleadings, pretrial motions (including oral argument), discovery (including taking and defending depositions), trial preparation, and trial (including oral argument and witness examination), as well as in appellate matters. Her practice involves business torts (such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret misappropriation, and tortious interference), breach of contract, accounting claims, deceptive trade practices, and consumer credit disputes.
Christina also has experience representing clients in civil investigations by government entities, particularly state attorneys general and other state agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Christina has participated in numerous Jones Day pro bono projects. She is actively representing refugees from Central America in immigration proceedings as part of the Firm's Border Project and Unaccompanied Children Project, and she has prosecuted 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related state law claims for use of excessive force.
Experience
- University of Florida (J.D. cum laude 2014; Executive Articles Editor, Journal of Law and Public Policy; Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society); University of Notre Dame (B.A. magna cum laude 2011; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society)
- Florida; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida; and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
- Volunteer intern, Miami Dade Office of the State Attorney, Cyber Crimes Division (Summer 2012)
The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" for commercial litigation (2021, 2022, and 2023)
- Judicial intern to: Hon. Phillp R. Lammens, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (Fall 2013) and Hon. John W. Thornton, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Complex Business Litigation Division (Summer 2013)
- Spanish