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Christopher E. Coleman

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222 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1640, Nashville, TN 37219

Labor and Employment, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and 2 more

About Christopher E. Coleman

Christopher Coleman is an associate in Lieff Cabraser’s Nashville office.

Before coming to our firm, Christopher worked as a staff attorney at the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to that, he was an associate at Lieff Cabraser after clerking for the Honorable Joan Humphrey Lefkow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. From 2014 to the present, he has also been an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School.

In the News

•February 2, 2024
Plaintiffs Defeat Stryker’s Attempt to Dismiss Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit
•January 20, 2023
Nashville Post Reports on Lieff Cabraser’s Lawsuit Against Private Prison Operator CoreCivic for Failure to Provide Inmates with Adequate Medical Care

Publications

•Ongoing Barriers to Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act, CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW (Sept.-Oct. 2014)
•The Affordable Care Act in 2014: Are You Ready?, Nashville Bar Journal (Vol. 13, No. 6, July 2013)
•Haslam Must Get Moving on His Tennessee Plan, Op-Ed, Knoxville News Sentinel (May 11, 2013)
•NFIB v. Sebelius: An Uncertain Victory for the Affordable Care Act, Nashville Bar Journal (Vol. 12, No. 7, August 2012)
•Hospital, Watchdog at Odds Over TennCare Admissions, Op-Ed, The Tennessean (June 2, 2012)
•Nashville General There for the Underserved, Op-Ed, The Tennessean (May 30, 2012)
•Congressional Authority Covers Insurance Mandate, Op-Ed, The Tennessean (March 27, 2012)
•House Would Deny Us the Health Care They Enjoy, Op-Ed, The Tennessean (January 19, 2011)
•CALIFORNIA CLASS ACTIONS PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (Elizabeth J. Cabraser, ed.)(Contributing Author, “Jurisdiction and Preemption,” 2007 ed., 2008 ed.; “Certification of Overtime Claims,” 2006 ed.)
•Social Movements and Social Change Litigation: Synergy in the Montgomery Bus Protest, 30 LAW AND SOCIAL INQUIRY 663 (2005)(lead author with Laurence D. Nee and Leonard S. Rubinowitz)

 

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Areas of Law

  • Labor and Employment
  • Personal Injury 1
    • Wrongful Death
  • Civil Rights
  • Other 1
    • Human Rights

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2005, Tennessee
    2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
    2008, U.S. Court Of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
    2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
    Memberships

    Professional Associations

    •Open Table Nashville, Board of Directors, 2023
    •Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services New Advocate of the Year Award, 2010
    •Tennessee Health Care Campaign, Board of Directors, 2011-2013
    •American Constitution Society, Nashville Chapter, Member, 2006-present
    Board of Directors, 2007-present
    President, 2008-2009
    •American Bar Association, Member, 2005-present
    •Tennessee Bar Association, Member, 2005-present
    •Nashville Bar Association, Member, 2005-present
    Board of Directors of NBA Young Lawyers' Division, 2006-2011
    •Tennessee Justice Center, Board of Directors, 2007-2009
    •Young Leaders Council, 2007

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL
    Class of 2003
    J.D.
    cum laude; Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 2003; Order of the Coif; Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship, 2002; Joan Marie Corboy Scholarship, 2002-2003; Leonard S. Rubinowitz Fellowship, 2001
    Other Education
    Northwestern University Graduate School, Evanston, IL
    Class of 2000
    M.A.
    History

    Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    Class of 2002
    Summer course in International Human Rights

    University of Virginia Graduate School, Charlottesville, VA
    Class of 1995
    M.A.
    English

    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    Class of 1993
    B.A.
    magna cum laude, Honors from the College of Arts and Sciences, Honors from the Department of English
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1971
    Mobile, Alabama, March 30, 1971

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    Christopher E. Coleman was admitted in 2005 to the State of Tennessee.
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    Christopher E. Coleman attended Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL.
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    Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP was established in 1972.

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