Associates

Christine Gottesman, Esq

Senior Associate

Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.
Short Hills Plaza
636 Morris Turnpike, Suite 2F
Short Hills, NJ 07078

P: 973.564.9100
F: 973.564.9112
cgottesman@nfclegal.com


Ms. Gottesman
specializes in advising clients regarding all types of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She counsels employers in the establishment and administration of qualified and nonqualified retirement benefit plans and welfare benefit plans including issues of plan design, compliance with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and fiduciary responsibility. She advises publicly and privately held corporations in the design and administration of executive compensation arrangements and equity-based compensation plans. Ms. Gottesman’s practice also includes representing employers in employee benefits matters arising in connection with corporation mergers, acquisitions and dispositions.

Professional Experience:

Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Associate (1995-2002)

Education:

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995)
Harvard Law School International Law Journal, submissions editor
The College of William and Mary (B.A. History and French, with High Honors, 1990)

Admissions:

State of Illinois, 1995
State of New York, 2000

Civic/Charitable Activities:

Trustee, Overlook Hospital Foundation
President, Summit Junior Fortnightly Club