Cristina Rustad

Cristina R. Rustad-Mejia currently practices law in the areas of workers’ compensation, job-related injuries, personal injury, domestic relations, family law, immigration law, social security disability law, juvenile law and criminal defense. After graduating from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery Alabama, she practiced domestic relations law with a focus on child support, divorce, restraining orders, contempt, and paternity issues. She later practiced representing injured workers in workers’ compensation and personal injury claims. Cristina is originally from Colorado and relocated to Alabama for Law School. Prior to becoming an attorney, Cristina obtained her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Metropolitan State University of Denver where she sat as Vice President of Delta Gamma Xi; Alpha Phi Sigma; National Criminal Justice Society Honor Society. She worked as a criminal defense investigator for the Colorado Public Defenders office and also worked as an investigator for the Colorado Department of Human Services. Cristina attended high school in Santiago Chile, where she became fluent in Spanish and now uses her language skills to help facilitate communication for her clients and provide a voice for them in court. Cristina is licensed to practice law in the states of Alabama and Colorado.

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