Faculty Profile: Christina Lewis Abate

Christina Lewis Abate is the Director of LPL Underwriting at The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company. Christina is responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of the department.

Christina previously served in the role of Risk Manager with The Bar Plan for eight years. As a Risk Manager, she wrote articles and frequently presented on the topics of ethics, professionalism, and malpractice avoidance. She also provided valuable guidance to countless attorneys and law firms through The Bar Plan's Law Practice Management Program and Risk Management Hotline. Prior to joining The Bar Plan, Christina was employed as a trial attorney with the Missouri State Public Defender System.

Christina is very active within the legal community both locally and nationally. She currently serves on The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Diversity Committee and is the past Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division Ethics and Professionalism Committee. She is a member of The Missouri Bar, The Bar Association of Metro St. Louis, and The American Bar Association. From 2011 - 2015 Christina served on The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers' Section Council representing District 8 (Saint Louis County). Christina is a 2011 recipient of The St. Louis Bar Foundation Spirit of Justice Award. In 2012, she was named an Up and Coming Lawyer by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. Christina received her J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2004 and her B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 2000.