Christina Green Natzel is a Michigan native and Senior Attorney with Cortez & Associates, PLLC. She focuses her practice almost entirely on the defense of healthcare organizations and their providers in malpractice claims. Christina is a detailed lawyer with experience representing hospitals, physicians, advanced practice providers and others who commonly face malpractice claims. Such work has the been the focus of her entire career since becoming an attorney in 2017. 

Before joining Cortez & Associates, PLLC, Christina practiced at a law firm in Metro Detroit specializing in medical malpractice defense. She represented health care entities and health care providers in general and professional liability claims.

During law school, Christina spent a year working on criminal appeals and at the State Appellate Defenders Office, where she assisted in the representation of indigent individuals wishing to appeal guilty verdicts or guilty pleas. She also volunteered at the Student Legal Services, which served Michigan State University students facing minor criminal charges, and interned with Jackson National Life Insurance and Michigan Farm Bureau. Prior to law school, she had the opportunity to work for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Michigan, Civil Division, as an Undergraduate Intern.

Christina is a member of Michigan Society of Healthcare Risk Management (MSHRM), the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.