Christopher P. Sullivan
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 well as intellectual property matters.
- In 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.
Recognition
- Named a "Super Lawyer," by Law & Politics (2008)**
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Trial Evidence Committee and Intellectual Property Litigation Committee)
- Federal Bar Association, Massachusetts Chapter (Member of the Executive Council)
- Boston Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Civil Litigation, Business Law Sections)
- New York State Bar Association (Commercial and Federal Court Section and Intellectual Property Section)
- Boston Patent Law Association
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)
Articles
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Insurance Companies On Offense
Financial Services Law360, Securities Law360, & Insurance Law360 by Portfolio Media
(April 21, 2009)
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Credit Default Swaps 101: A Primer On Legal Remedies
(February 16, 2009)
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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)
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Unilateral Mistake and Waiver of Claims in the Credit Default Swap Setting
(December 3, 2008)
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Financial Derivative Litigation: A Key Case on Credit Default Swaps
Financial Services Law360 and Securities Law360
(November 14, 2008)
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Litigating The Terms Of Credit Default Swaps
Financial Services Law360 and Securities Law360
(November 7, 2008)
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Litigation Survey
(October 29, 2008)
Selected Speeches
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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.