HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-22-2013 Cristal Brisco Appointed Corporation Counsel for City of South Bend CITY OF SOUTH BEND
PETE BUTTIGIEQ, MAYOR
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2013
Contact: Mike Schmuhl
Phone: 574-235-9261
CRISTAL BRISCO APPOINTED CORPORATION COUNSEL
FOR CITY OF SOUTH BEND
SOUTH BEND—Mayor Pete Buttigieg has appointed Cristal C. Brisco as the Corporation
Counsel for the City of South Bend.
Brisco is an attorney in the Litigation and Labor and Employment departments with Barnes &
ho burg LLP in the firm's downtown South Bend office. She has worked at the firm since
2006.
"Cristal will be an outstanding addition to the City of South Bend," Mayor Butti(yieg said. "She
will be a key leader—not only in the Legal Department—but throughout the City administration
when it comes to representing the City and implementing policy. I am thrilled she is joining our
leadership team."
"I am honored to join Mayor Pete's leadership team as Corporation Counsel," Brisco said. "I
look forward to working with the talented and dedicated individuals in the City's Legal
Department and the Mayor's Office, as well as with the Common Council, to best serve the
citizens of South Bend."
At Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Brisco represented corporate and government clients before state
courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies. She prepared litigation budgets, negotiated a
wide range of legal agreements, developed employee handbooks and policy manuals, directed
internal investigations, and drafted complaints, responsive pleadings, pre-trial motions, discovery
requests and responses, mediation submissions, and briefs.
She is admitted to practice in the Northern and Southern District Courts of Indiana, the Indiana
Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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