Christine Stump graduated from Tulane School of Law in 1986 and began her career in Washington DC as an Attorney General's Honor Graduate. She subsequently served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Alexandria, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. Christine left the Justice Department in 1998 and has been in private practice in West Virginia since that time. She specializes in Family Law and also serves as a Court appointed Guardian ad litem in Family Court. Christine currently serves as an elected attorney member on the Board of Directors for Legal Aid of West Virginia.