He has represented debtors, creditors, Court-appointed committees, and asset purchasers in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings and workouts. In recent years he has also focused on representing plaintiffs in ERISA class actions. Chris has wide-ranging experience in complex commercial matters, from corporate restructuring to breach of fiduciary duty, commercial real estate, contracts, patent infringement, and environmental insurance coverage.
Together with colleagues, Chris has represented clients as diverse as pension plan participants in class actions challenging their employers’ asserted exemption from ERISA, the committee of victims of clergy sexual abuse in the Chapter 11 reorganization of a Catholic diocese, an American Indian business corporation in a commercial dispute, and a developer restructuring a portfolio of real property interests nationwide.
A graduate of the Great Books liberal arts program at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, Chris earned his law degree from the University of New Mexico Law School magna cum laude in 1990. While his practice is centered in the Southwest, Chris represents clients in federal courts coast to coast.
Articles & Presentations
Speaker, New Bankruptcy Code: Changing the Way Creditors are Treated, Maricopa County Bar Association presentation (2006).
Co-author, Confirming the Catholics: The Diocese of Tucson Experience, Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor (2005).
Co-author, Representing the Tort Claimants Committee in the Chapter 11 Case Filed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, prepared for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (2005).
Author, Decoding the Code, AZ Business Magazine (2005).
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Phoenix, Arizona, 2026
