 | Christopher P. Sullivan
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
800 Boylston Street
25th Floor
Boston, MA 02199
617-267-2300 (firm)
617-267-8288 (fax)
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Practice Groups
Experience
- In charge of the firm's commercial litigation and business practice in the Boston office.
- Practice focuses on the civil jury trials of complex litigation matters such as financial and securities cases as and intellectual property matters.
- More then 30 years of practice, through trials, motion practice or settlements resolved more than 300 lawsuits in a wide range of substantive areas of litigation.
Outside Experience
- Before entering private practice, served the State of New York as a Special Assistant Attorney General. Work included
serving as a trial attorney with the Office of the Special Prosecutor during its investigation and prosecution of official
corruption within the criminal justice system of New York City.
- Has served on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Selected Results*
- Represented a software innovator against a major anti-viral software manufacturer in an eight figure settlement of a
breach of contract case.
- Tried a patent case before a jury on behalf of a small European computer company against a large computer company
resulting in an eight figure settlement on behalf of his clients, after two weeks of trial.
- Represented a New York investment firm accused by investors of breach of contract and perpetrating a multi-million
dollar fraud. Argued the appeal before the 11th Circuit which upheld the finding of the District Court which had granted
summary judgment in favor of the investment firm.
- Defended a Fortune 200 company in Massachusetts and Connecticut Federal Courts against claims of patent infringement
for recording devices.
- Pursued on behalf of plaintiff a patent infringement case simultaneously in Federal Courts in California and Tennessee
on behalf of a medical device manufacturer resulting in a nine figure settlement for his clients.
* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and
does not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon
their own unique fact situation and applicable law.
Recognition
- Named a New England "Super Lawyer," by Law & Politics (2004-2011)**
**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other
lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association, Massachusetts Chapter (President, 2010-2011; Special National Committee on Diversity, 2010-2011)
- American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Trial Evidence Committee and Intellectual Property Litigation Committee)
- Boston Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections)
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member-at-Large of the House of Delegates, Member Executive Management Board (2010 - Present), Civil Litigation, Business Law Sections, Tri-Chair of Federal Practices and Procedures Committee
- New York State Bar Association (Commercial and Federal Court Section and Intellectual Property Section)
- Boston Patent Law Association
Civic Associations
- Frank J. Murray - American Inn of Court, Member
- Fordham University Law School Alumni, New England Chapter Vice President
- Holy Cross Lawyers Association, Executive Board Member
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D. (1975)
- College of the Holy Cross, B.A. (1971)
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by Christopher Sullivan
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| Attorney Name: | | Christopher Sullivan | | | | Law School Attended: | | Fordham University School of Law | | | | Favorite activities (besides the Law): | | Family, golf & travel | | | | Favorite Sports Team (if you have one), or Favorite Theater or Museum, etc: | | New England Patriots | | | | If you weren’t a lawyer, what would you be?: | | An actor | | | | What do you read most often: | | History and novels | | | | Why are you proud to be a lawyer?: | | I enjoy helping clients solve their problems and am proud that the law provides a way to improve the lives of so many people. | | | |
Christopher Sullivan News
Articles
- Madoff One Year Later: A
Litigation Tsunami?
(February 5, 2010)
- Insurance Companies On Offense
Financial Services Law360, Securities Law360, & Insurance Law360 by Portfolio Media (April 21, 2009)
- Credit Default
Swaps 101: A Primer On Legal Remedies
(February 16, 2009)
- Legislative Solutions
for the Financial Crisis
Understanding the Government Bailout Plan: An Immediate Look at the Legal, Governmental, and Economic Ramifications
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Aspatore Special Report (2009)
- Unilateral Mistake and Waiver of Claims in the Credit Default Swap Setting
(December 3, 2008)
- Financial Derivative Litigation: A Key Case on Credit Default Swaps
Financial Services Law360 and Securities Law360 (November 14, 2008)
- Litigating The Terms Of
Credit Default Swaps
Financial Services Law360 and Securities Law360 (November 7, 2008)
- Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac Litigation Survey
(October 29, 2008)
Selected Speeches
- Evidentiary Issues in Federal Court (Panel Discussion)
Federal Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts (September 1, 2010)
- The "Do's and Don'ts " of Depositions
Board Leaders, Wellesley, Massachusetts (May 21, 2009)
- Has lectured for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, the Boston Bar Association and the Directors Roundtable.
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