Meet Christine
Christine Giordano Hanlon, Esq. has served as Monmouth County Clerk since 2015, when she was elected in November of 2015 and re-elected to a second term in November of 2020. She has worked since then to modernize the office, implement new initiatives, and expand the services of the Monmouth County Clerk's Office. Prior to becoming Clerk, she practiced law for over 20 years, most recently at Archer & Greiner P.C. Her legal work focused on government affairs and municipal law. She is also a former Commissioner of the Monmouth County Board of Elections, serving as Secretary for two years.
Christine earned her law degree from Fordham University in 1992, following graduation from Barnard College at Columbia University. She served as Law Clerk to the Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and then as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, New York.
Christine lives in Ocean Township with her husband and four children.
Her Public Service
Christine is a past president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey (COANJ), the Monmouth County S.P.C.A. and Monmouth Bar Association. She is a trustee for the Monmouth Bar Foundation, Monmouth Bar Association, New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation and the Monmouth Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
She is the recipient of the 2025 Public Service Award from the Amerigo Vespucci Society of Long Branch as well as the 2024 Monmouth Bar Association "Service to the Bar" Award. She received the 2023 Inaugural "Witty" Award for Government Service from the Women's Initiative Team (WIT) of Monmouth County, the 2022 Leader of Distinction Award from the Senior Citizens Activities Network (SCAN), the 2021 “Historic Preservation Award” from the Middletown Public Library.
She was recognized in 2020 with a “Woman of Distinction Award” from the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore as well as the “Women in American History” Award from the New Jersey State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NJDAR). She is a recipient of the 2019 “Silver Gull Award for Government Leadership” from the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council, the 2018 “Person of the Year Award” from the Monmouth County Fraternal Order of Police, Superior Officer’s Lodge #30, and the 2017 “Spinnaker Award for Public Service” from the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce. She is also a recipient of both the “Community Ambassador” and “Outstanding Chamber Service Award” from the Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce.