Christine Burnside

Christine Burnside is an accomplished attorney at the Deuterman Law Group in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she focuses on Social Security Disability cases. Her genuine passion for assisting injured and disabled individuals is complemented by her extensive legal knowledge and empathetic approach, making her an ideal advocate in this field.

Christine's academic journey began at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated in 2007 with a degree in political science and a second major in English. During her college years, she gained valuable experience in the legal sector by working as an office assistant at various law firms.

To further explore her interest in law, Christine spent two years as a legal assistant and office manager at Poisson, Poisson & Bower in Wilmington, her hometown. Here, she supported cases in diverse areas, including workers’ compensation, estate law, criminal defense, personal injury, family law, traffic cases, and civil litigation.

Christine pursued her legal education at the UNC School of Law, enrolling in 2009 and earning her juris doctor in 2012. She was admitted to the N.C. State Bar that same year. During law school, she was active in numerous organizations, such as the Student Bar Association, Carolina Law Ambassadors, and the Hispanic Latino Law Student Association.

Her summers were spent enhancing her legal skills as a research assistant for a UNC professor and as a legal intern at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of Counsel. Christine also served as an American Bar Association and N.C. Bar Association Fellow in Environmental Law, working on Clean Water Act enforcement.

Of Colombian descent, Christine is eager to improve her conversational Spanish skills to better serve Spanish-speaking clients.