Ramirez and Sunnerberg
Attorney Christine Sunnerberg is an autistic attorney and a founding partner of criminal defense law firm Ramirez & Sunnerberg in Massachusetts. She has represented people at all stages of the criminal process, including defending drug and sex offense charges in the district and superior courts of Massachusetts and representing people in all levels of parole and parole revocation matters, Sex Offender Registry Board hearings, sexually dangerous person commitments, and various other post conviction matters.
Attorney Sunnerberg previously worked and later co-counseled with Prisoners’ Legal Services of MA litigating guard assault cases and served as supervisor of their Prison Brutality Project. Attorney Sunnerberg has also worked as a supervising attorney in the Boston College Law School Civil Rights Clinic and has trained the law students of Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project on cross examination tactics in the context of prison disciplinary hearings for several years. She advocates for the rights of incarcerated individuals in multiple contexts and has guided numerous incarcerated individuals to early release to the community and to their families. As an abolitionist attorney working to end mass incarceration, this is Attorney Sunnerberg’s favorite part of the job.
Attorney Sunnerberg was awarded the 2024 Hines-Burnham award in recognition of exceptional service, skill and innovation in the defense of the accused by an attorney practicing for ten years or less. She was also named a Massachusetts Rising Star in 2023 and 2024.
Attorney Sunnerberg graduated from Brandeis University in 2013 with degrees in Politics, Legal Studies, and American Studies and from Northeastern University School of Law in 2017. She is autistic and a board member and secretary of non-profit organization Full Spectrum Agency that builds and shares community for autistic adults. She also coordinates the Massachusetts chapter of Full Spectrum Agency. She likes reading, libraries, desserts, and her cat, Trixie.
