J. S. Christie, Jr.

Chris has handled numerous class actions, multi-district litigation cases, and other complex litigation and has successfully tried many cases to favorable verdicts. His experience includes life, health and disability benefits litigation, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, as well as health care provider reimbursement claims, physician de-selection claims, and health care fraud claims,. Many of the ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims have involved business or stock valuations and ESOPs or other retirement plans.

Recent specific matters include the following: 
• A defense verdict following a trial involving a dispute as to the value of stock purchased by a retirement plan, which included testimony from 27 witnesses and 12 expert witnesses. 
• A defense judgment following a TRO hearing, a preliminary injunction hearing, and an administrative hearing contesting a hospital CEO's termination for fraud and abuse compliance violations. 
• A $30 million settlement following a creative alternative dispute resolution process in which the federal government had calculated compensatory damages, without statutory penalties, as ranging between $150 million to $170 million.