Christine Tour-Sarkissian

Practice areas

Real Estate: Business, Family Law, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation: Consumer, Estate & Trust Litigation, International

Focus areas

Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Construction Defects, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Landlord/Tenant, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Mortgage & Refinance, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law, Short Sale, Will Contests

Christine Tour-Sarkissian serves as a founding partner at the law firm Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices LLP, situated in San Francisco, California. Her legal practice revolves around real estate law, encompassing both transactional work and litigation. She also specializes in family law and has earned certification as a specialist from the State Bar of California in this field. Within her practice, Ms. Tour-Sarkissian manages various legal matters such as construction contracts, mortgage and foreclosure disputes, intricate real estate transactions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child custody and visitation issues, spousal and child support cases, complex business valuation disputes, as well as international child abduction and custody cases. Her scope of expertise extends to general business litigation, and she serves clients across California.

Ms. Tour-Sarkissian’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in psychology from the University of San Francisco in 1980. She later obtained a Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1984 and further pursued a Master of Laws in taxation from the same institution in 2004. She holds the role of Family Law Editor at the Continuing Education of the Bar Real Property Journal. Her legal practice is authorized in both California and the District of Columbia. In addition to English, she is proficient in several languages, including French, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, and Armenian.

Being affiliated with organizations such as the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors, Ms. Tour-Sarkissian manages her own real estate business. She is an active member of the Real Property, Trusts and Estates Section of the American Bar Association, as well as the Real Property Section of the State Bar of California. Alongside her legal practice, she imparts her knowledge as an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, teaching courses related to legal and financial aspects of the real estate industry. Ms. Tour-Sarkissian has contributed publications for Continuing Education of the Bar – California and has earned a BV Distinguished* rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

(*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used following Martindale-Hubbell’s certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell oversees a peer review rating process, with ratings reflecting confidential evaluations from legal professionals and the judiciary. These ratings are categorized into two areas: legal ability and general ethical standards.)