Christina Alkire
Meet Christina
Christina has been practicing law for more than a decade, with the majority of her career focused on family law. After the events of September 11, 2001, Christina joined the U.S. Army, where she served for three years, including a year-long deployment to Iraq in 2004. Her military experience helped shape the calm, disciplined approach she brings to her legal practice today. Clients appreciate Christina’s ability to collaborate with both clients and colleagues to thoughtfully assess each matter, remain focused under pressure, and approach challenging circumstances with empathy while providing the straightforward, candid guidance they need to move forward.
Attorney Specialties: Military Divorce, Military Retirement, Child Custody and Support with Service Member Parents
Christina’s career has been shaped by a strong educational background and more than a decade of experience focused primarily on family law. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Justice Studies and Master’s degree in Homeland Security, graduating with honors from both programs.
After passing the California bar in December 2014, Christina began focusing her legal career on family law and helping clients navigate complex family court matters. Before joining Cage & Miles in July 2021, she worked with several nonprofit organizations, providing sliding-scale legal representation and family law services to individuals who might otherwise have limited access to legal assistance. Through this work, Christina gained meaningful experience advocating for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault as they navigated the family court system, helping them understand their legal options and navigate an often challenging process. These experiences have given Christina a well-rounded perspective on the family court system and reinforced her commitment to providing thoughtful, accessible, and client-focused representation.
Christina's approach to representing clients is laying out all pros and cons so they are empowered to make informed well-reasoned decisions for their lives and families. Representative matters include:
- Represented a client in a post-judgment request to modify spousal support and obtain child support reimbursements. Through discovery, uncovered previously undisclosed retirement and deferred compensation accounts that had been omitted from the underlying dissolution proceedings years earlier, ultimately securing the client’s interest in those accounts, valued at more than half a million dollars.
- Successfully obtained a renewal of a domestic violence restraining order on behalf of a client against the client’s child’s mother, in large part by exposing inconsistencies and false testimony through effective cross-examination.
- Successfully obtained a five-year domestic violence restraining order against a client’s husband, along with a move away for the client to relocate with her daughter to be closer to a strong support system.
- Member, San Diego County Bar Association
Outside of practicing law, Christina is passionate about fostering and advocating for bully breeds and senior dogs. In fact, all of her adopted dogs are named after famous figures of U.S. history. Before moving to Tennessee, she adopted senior dogs through the Frosted Faces Foundation and volunteered with the organization on site. Since relocating to Tennessee, she has continued that commitment by fostering bully breeds through Wags & Walks Nashville. Her dedication to these often over looked dogs has given many a second chance at a loving home, changing the lives of countless dogs fortunate enough to meet her along the way.
Christina is also an avid San Diego Padres fan and enjoys cheering on the team throughout the baseball season. Go Padres!
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