Christiansen, Dina Marie

Jonathan is a partner at O'Steen & Harrison, PLC. He joined the firm in 2005, and practices in the areas of personal injury and defective products.

He graduated from Occidental College in 2002 (B.A., Economics and Political Science) and the Arizona State University College of Law in 2005 (J.D., cum laude). He served as Senior Articles Editor of the Arizona State Law Journal and was a Willard H. Pedrick Scholar.

Jonathan recently co-authored a law review article on federal preemption of pharmaceutical cases that was published in the Arizona Law Review, and has authored two articles that appeared in the Arizona State Law Journal.

• Jonathan V. O'Steen & Van O'Steen, The FDA Defense: Vioxx and the Argument Against Federal Preemption of State Claims for Injuries Resulting From Defective Drugs, 48 Ariz. L. Rev. 67 (2006).
• Jonathan Van O'Steen, The Supreme Court of Arizona: Its 2003-2004 Employment Law Decisions, 37 Ariz. St. L.J. 54 (2005).
• Jonathan Van O'Steen, Discovery Violations Prompt Court to Order State to Pay Attorneys' Fees for Defense, 36 Ariz. St. L.J. 451 (2004).

He was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 2005.

Jonathan is a native Arizonan, having been born in Phoenix in 1980.