Chris is a trial lawyer specializing in complex business disputes, particularly intellectual property matters. Chris has multi-million dollar verdicts in trade secret, patent, trademark, and breach-of-contract cases. He also has successfully defended clients in jury trials in trade dress, defamation, trade secret, and contract disputes. Chris’s trial work has won plaudits from judges on his cases, with one long-time federal judge declaring after a recent jury trial that “[i]n 40 years, that was one of the best closing arguments I have ever seen.” Likewise, after a defamation trial in state court, the experienced judge and former prosecutor said Chris’s cross-examination of the plaintiff “was the most riveting examination I have ever seen in any trial.” Chris is a frequent faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and he has given his popular presentations on persuasion to many of the largest, most-prestigious law firms in the country, including O’Melveny, Jones Day, Munger Tolles, and others. Chris handles litigation matters from their inception. But he also frequently substitutes in to cases shortly before trial to serve as lead trial counsel.