Biography
Christine Lazaro is a Professor of Clinical Legal Education, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Law School's Securities Arbitration Clinic. She came to St. John's in 2007 as the Clinic's Supervising Attorney. She is also a faculty advisor for the Corporate and Securities Law Society and the Moot Court Honor Society. Professor Lazaro holds a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.
After graduating from law school and prior to joining St. John’s, she was an associate at Davidson & Grannum, LLP, representing broker-dealers and individual brokers in disputes with clients in both arbitration and mediation, and handling employment law cases and debt collection cases. She also advised broker-dealers regarding investment contracts they had with various municipalities and government entities. Professor Lazaro is also of Counsel to the Law Offices of Brent A. Burns, LLC, where she consults on securities arbitration and regulatory matters.
Professor Lazaro is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, and the District of New Jersey and the New York and New Jersey State Bars. She is a member of the New York State and the American Bar Associations, and the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA). Professor Lazaro is a past President of PIABA. She is the co-chair of the Securities Disputes Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association. Professor Lazaro serves on the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, the FINRA Investor Issues Advisory Committee, and the CFP Board’s Standards Resource Commission. She is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Securities Arbitration Alert, and occasionally contributes to its newsletter.
Professor Lazaro speaks and writes regularly on the standards of conduct governing brokerage firms and investment advisers.