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The vision and ingenuity of my clients, together with the strength and collaboration of many other professionals, have always formed the core of my planned real estate development practice. Every development presents a valued opportunity for me to join a team dedicated to its success, and I’m gratified to lend my personal experience and over 30 years of vigorous advocacy to the process of achieving my clients’ goals. 

Ms. Li focuses her practice in real estate, with a concentration in planned real estate development law and condominium law. Her work encompasses new construction condominium and subdivided lot communities, the conversion of rental properties to the condominium form of ownership, mixed-use developments, commercial and business condominiums, workouts of distressed communities, community association law, and the registration of planned real estate developments with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA). She has experience in the acquisition and sale, mortgage financing and leasing of commercial and residential real estate, and provides litigation support in cases involving construction defects and transition from sponsor to unit owner control. Ms. Li’s community association representation includes general counseling, collections, and alternative dispute resolution.

Honors & Awards

  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) Fellow
  • College of Community Association Lawyers Fellow
  • Recipient of the 2015 Hall of Fame Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the Community Association Institute, in recognition of her "outstanding dedicated service" to the chapter

  • Recipient of the 2013 Arthur S. Horn Distinguished Service Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, in recognition of significant contributions to the development of Real Property Law in New Jersey
  • Listed in Chambers USA (a publication of Chambers and Partners) in the Real Estate practice area (2006 – present)
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) in the Real Estate Law and Community Association Law practice areas (2011 – present)
  • Selected by Best Lawyers® (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) as 2019 Woodbridge "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law
  • Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Real Estate: Business practice area (2008 – present); listed by Super Lawyers as one of New Jersey's Top 50 Women Lawyers (2008, 2011 – 2014, 2016 – 2021)
  • Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated AV® (a trademark of Internet Brands, Inc.) (2008 – present)
  • Recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal (a publication of ALM Media Properties, LLC) in a 2003 annual report on leaders among women and minority lawyers in New Jersey
  • Recipient of a New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Distinguished Service Award (2000)

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Representative Matters

  • Ongoing representation of numerous top-tier national and regional developers in planned real estate development projects. This work includes structuring of the development, preparation of governing documents, and project registration and regulatory compliance with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs 

Uniquely NJ

  • New Jersey State Bar Association; Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, Board of Consultors (Chair, 2010 – 2011); Amicus Committee (former member)
  • Community Associations Institute - New Jersey Chapter (CAI-NJ): National Legislative Action Committee - NJ (past Chair); Board of Directors (former member and past Vice President); Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act Task Force (former member); Education Committee (former member); Editorial Committee (former member)
  • Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Skills and Methods Course (former member)
  • Former instructor of the New Jersey Real Estate Law and Practice component of the Skills and Methods Course administered by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1988 – 2008)
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Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1980

Rutgers University, B.A., 1977

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1982


- Chambers USA 2023 -
(a publication of Chambers and Partners)

Editorial Excerpt: "Renowned for her expert handling of development projects, including notable expertise in condominium law."



American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Li, Christine F
Christine F. Li Listed in Best Lawyers

Christine F. Li Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2019

Christine F. Li
Rated by Super Lawyers


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Please visit our Award Methodology page for a description of the standard or methodology on which these accolades are based. Attorney Advertising: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.