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Christen E. Civiletto is an attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience in all phases of litigation and arbitration matters on both the state- and federal-court level. As a non-equity partner at national law firms in Atlanta, Georgia, she co-managed an innovative alternative dispute resolution program for a worldwide office supply corporation. She also handled complex commercial and intellectual property matters. She is currently counsel of record in multiple high-profile mass toxic tort cases pending in federal and state courts.

Ms. Civiletto is a member of the United States District Court’s federal mediator panel, and is a certified meditator and arbitrator. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the University at Buffalo Law School for more than seventeen years. She received the 2017 Ken Joyce Award for Excellence in Teaching.  

            Ms. Civiletto is a summa cum laude graduate of SUNY Buffalo, where she received a joint Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communication. She earned her J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee.

She co-authored The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making The Most of Your Legal Education (ALM, 2003). She authored Full Disclosure: The New Lawyer’s Must-Read Career Guide (ALM, 2001), a practical mentoring guide for first through fourth year lawyers, as well as recent works of fiction.

She is licensed in both New York and Georgia.

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    CORAL and THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE
    Christen & Bernadette
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 8 min

    CORAL and THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE

    “It’s clear to anyone who puts their head below the waves that the fate of the world’s coral reefs is hanging in the balance,” said UNEP chief Erik Solheim. “At the moment these undersea explosions of colour and life face an extremely bleak future.” Let’s put our heads below the waves for just a moment. Coral reefs are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment. Coral polyps, the organisms that colonize and build these reef structures, can be found in warm tropical sea
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    INVASIVE SPECIES: Driving Biodiversity Loss & Disharmony
    Christen & Bernadette
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    INVASIVE SPECIES: Driving Biodiversity Loss & Disharmony

    Our planet is experiencing biodiversity loss on an unprecedented scale. Last year, the United Nations released the stunning results of its first comprehensive study of biodiversity -- and the news is dire. One U.N. source sums it up this way: Current global response insufficient; ‘Transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature; Opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good; Most comprehensive assessment of its kind; 1,000,000 species threatene
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    7 Ways People of Faith Can Up Their Environmental Game
    Christen & Bernadette
    • May 30, 2020
    • 7 min

    7 Ways People of Faith Can Up Their Environmental Game

    Environmentalism and faith don’t always go hand in hand. But they should. In fact, people of faith should be at the forefront of environmental protection. They should be leading the charge to right environmental wrongs. Why? The answer is straightforward: Environmental issues affect all people, regardless of race, religion, or nationality, as well as the rest of the natural world. All living things should have access to clean air, water, and soil. We must stand up for those w
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    THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT: Out of our “Clutch”
    Christen & Bernadette
    • May 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT: Out of our “Clutch”

    The protection of migratory birds has been a focus of environmental law for more than one hundred years. Now, those protections are in danger of being diluted. The federal agency in charge of protecting migratory birds has proposed a rule change that will codify a narrow definition of “take” under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The proposed change essentially guts those protections. The MBTA became necessary largely because of overhunting and … fashion. For instance, t
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    THE FASTEST RAPTOR: A Conservation Success Story
    Christen & Bernadette
    • May 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    THE FASTEST RAPTOR: A Conservation Success Story

    Sometimes reading environmental news induces a collective sigh. A communal SMH. It’s filled with the multiple ways in which humans are negatively impacting the environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought that point home in a powerful way: without us, the oceans are quieter, whales are returning to shipping lanes, jellyfish have found their way into Venetian canals, and big cats are pacing city streets. It’s not just the presence of people that cause disruptions in the envi
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    When It Comes to the Environment, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
    Christen & Bernadette
    • May 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    When It Comes to the Environment, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

    We live in an age of extreme political views on everything from immigration to the environment. It wasn’t always that way. Fifty years ago, the environment was a pressing concern for people of every political stripe. This may come as a surprise to many, but Republican President Richard Nixon oversaw the enactment of many of our Nation’s major environmental laws. And he worked with a Democrat-led congress to establish them. On January 1, 1970, in response to a series of enviro
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    THE UNSEEN THINGS: God and the Impact of Biodiversity Loss
    Christen & Bernadette
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    THE UNSEEN THINGS: God and the Impact of Biodiversity Loss

    We know that the loss of biodiversity significantly impacts our ecosystems and is happening at an alarming rate. But sometimes the true cost of biodiversity loss is hard to grasp until we increase our sensitivity to the impacts. The loss of a plant or animal species is complicated, possibly invisible, and sometimes hard to quantify, much like coming to grips with our spiritual nature. But just because these losses are difficult to see doesn’t mean they don’t exist. (We can lo
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    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS: The Spice of Life!
    Christen & Bernadette
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    BIODIVERSITY MATTERS: The Spice of Life!

    We’re reaching the end of the United Nation’s “Decade of Biodiversity,” and yet, many of us aren’t sure what that term even means. Or why it matters. But matter it does. In fact, it’s vital to our continued survival and the health of this planet. So, what is biodiversity anyway? Biological diversity (or "biodiversity") refers to the variety and variability of plant and animal life on this planet. We can think of biodiversity on three levels: genetic diversity within a plant o
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    We're Going on a (WILD!) Environmental Journey
    Christen & Bernadette
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    We're Going on a (WILD!) Environmental Journey

    Have you ever thought about how you view the environment? Should someone go to jail for killing an eagle?
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