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Cristina Mungai - 2nd Vice President
Cristina Mungai is an associate attorney with Johnson & Bell, Ltd. where
she is engaged in a diverse practice that includes the areas of insurance
defense, insurance coverage, ERISA, paramedic malpractice, products
liability, construction negligence and employment law. Cristina currently
serves as the co-chair of Johnson & Bell’s Employment Law Group and is a
regular contributor to its Employment Law Newsletter. In addition, to her
work in civil litigation, Cristina’s clients include Italian corporations
involved in commercial disputes in the United States.Cristina graduated from Loyola University in 1991 with Bachelors Degrees in political science, Italian language and literature and English literature. In 1992, Cristina completed a year of graduate studies in art history and Italian literature at the Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy. Cristina is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy and speaks fluent Italian.
Cristina received her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1996 and was admitted to practice in Illinois that same year. She began her career at the City of Chicago Corporation Counsel’s Office in the Law Department, Municipal Prosecution Division. As a prosecutor, Cristina represented the City of Chicago in traffic fatality cases and in matters involving administrative appeals. Cristina became involved in civil litigation through her employment with the law firm of Ronald Gonsky, Ltd. She continued her work in this area at Morici, Figlioli & Associates where she acted as both first and second chair trial attorney representing plaintiff in personal injury matters.
Cristina is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, serving her second elected term as a member of the ISBA General Assembly. She was recently appointed to the ISBA Tort Section Counsel and Civil Practice and Procedure Section Counsel.