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Chris is a founding partner of Reed Smith’s Houston office and serves as the Office Managing Partner. Chris is a first chair trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in the areas of construction, energy and natural resources, professional services, and health care.

Qualifikationen

  • University of Texas School of Law, 2001, J.D., with honors; Order of the Barristers, Teaching Quiz Master
  • University of Southern Mississippi, 1994, B.S., Political Science, with honors

  • Texas

  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Reed Smith – Houston Office Managing Partner
  • Reed Smith – Houston Hiring Committee and former Hiring Partner
  • Reed Smith – Diversity and Inclusion, former Co-Chair for Houston office

Auszeichnungen

  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Commercial Litigation, 2024-2025
  • Selected for inclusion in the Texas Super Lawyers list for Civil Litigation: Defense, 2014-2019
  • Recognized as a BTI Client Service All-Star, 2019
  • Rising Star, Litigation, Law & Politics, 2005-2012

Civic Involvement

  • Children at Risk – Member of the Board of Directors and former Board Chair
  • Lambda Legal – Houston Leadership Council
  • American Leadership Forum – Senior Fellow, Class LI
  • University of Texas School of Law –  Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the Houston Alumni Steering Committee
  • Texas Children’s Hospital Ambassador, 2014-2016
  • United Way Young Leaders, 2014-2015