Wisler Pearlstine, LLP is pleased to announce that Christina Gallagher has joined the firm as an Associate in the firm’s Education Law practice group. Prior to joining Wisler Pearlstine, Ms. Gallagher’s practice focused on defending professionals and businesses in professional liability and employment litigation matters. She also handled cases involving restrictive covenant enforcement and trade secrets.

Before becoming a lawyer, Ms. Gallagher worked as a journalist and reported for the Associated Press, Philadelphia Daily News, Allentown Morning Call, and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. While working for McClatchy Newspapers, she traveled to Shanghai to report on how children of migrant workers received an education.

Ms. Gallagher received her law degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 2017 where she

she served as the Foreign Decisional Editor for the Arbitration Law Review.She also received dual undergraduate degrees from Penn State (B.A. Journalism, with distinction, B.S. Political Science, with distinction) in 2014. A member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations, Ms. Gallagher is a resident of Oreland, Montgomery County.

Ms. Gallagher joins one of the most respected 60-year old Education Law Departments in the country. The firm’s lawyers are known for being both keenly on top of leading developments in the field and being fully knowledgeable of both the day-to-day and long-term challenges school districts and other educational institutions face.

For 75 years, Wisler Pearlstine has provided effective, practical service to its clients through top-rated lawyers in their fields of expertise. The firm has long been recognized for its prominence in the areas of municipal, education and school law. Additionally, the firm represents businesses and individuals throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania in various types of corporate, real estate, land use and zoning, construction, commercial litigation, business, alternative dispute resolution (arbitration/mediation), banking, tax and estate planning, administration of estates and trusts, family law and other related matters. For more information, please see www.wislerpearlstine.com.