Christine E. Silverberg (born 1949) is a Canadian lawyer who was the first female Chief of the Calgary Police Service^[1] and later practiced law alongside Hersh Wolch, who famously won David Milgaard's wrongful conviction case.^[2]

Silverberg was born in Brampton, Ontario and met her husband Ben Silverberg in Toronto while earning a B.A. in political science at York University, working as an undercover police officer and then working for the Ontario Solicitor-General's Office.^[2][3] She later finished an M.A. in criminology from the University of Toronto and was appointed Chief of the Calgary Police Service in 1995, which she remained at until 2000.^[3] Silverberg then gained admission to the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, graduating with a J.D. degree in 2003, and then practiced at Gowlings where she was named Partner in 2008.^[2][3]

Silverberg additionally completed the Queen's University School of Business Executive Program and is certified with the F.B.I.'s National Executive Institute.^[4] She was named among Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2004 and is the recipient of the B'nai B'rith Woman of Valour Award.^[5] In 2010 Silverberg was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Alberta to Hearing Tribunals established under the Health Professions Act of Alberta.^[5]

Since 2008 she practiced law at Wolch deWitt Silverberg & Watts. She currently practices at SilverbergLegal in Calgary.