Chris concentrates his practice on representing a broad range of clients in a wide variety of high-stakes complex commercial litigation matters ranging from breach of contract to defamation to trade secret misappropriation in federal and state courts across the country.
Chris has an extensive track record spanning over a decade in obtaining dismissals, summary judgments, appellate court affirmances of favorable trial court judgments and favorable settlements for clients.
Chris credits his success to being able to distill complex factual and legal issues into simple, easy to understand concepts for clients and courts.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Representative Experience
- Represented Fortune 100 technology company in California state court against breach of contract claim seeking nine-figure damages. Helped obtain favorable business resolution on the eve of trial after successfully barring opposing party’s expert and obtaining favorable admissions from opponent’s witnesses in depositions.
- Investigated accounting irregularities allegations for high-profile healthcare technology company.*
- Represented publicly traded critical infrastructure company in the Northern District of Illinois in trade secrets lawsuit involving lithium-ion battery technology brought by former vendor alleging in excess of $100 million in damages. Helped secure summary judgment.
- Represented Fortune 100 technology company in trade secrets lawsuit involving enterprise collaboration software brought by former potential vendor seeking in excess of $50 million dollars in damages. Helped obtain favorable settlement for a fraction of that amount on the eve of trial.
- Represented concessionaire in putative class action in Illinois state court alleging that concessionaire misled consumers regarding alleged defects in concessionaire’s parking meter mobile application. Prevailed on motion to dismiss.*
- Assisted in securing judgment in favor of Fortune 500 credit card issuer in an antitrust MDL after three-week bench trial. Helped convince the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to unanimously affirm the judgment.*