Christoffer C.

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Chris represents upstream and midstream oil and gas companies, chemical companies, service providers, and contractors across the country in all aspects of regulation and litigation, including property damage, accidents, and insurance claims, toxic tort and bodily injury claims, environmental cases, and related disputes. He also advises clients on regulatory matters and appeals heard before the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and its Office of Conservation, and other state and federal agencies.

Known as a “hard-hat attorney,” Chris has in-depth knowledge of the technologies underlying his clients’ products and services and works with front-line managers, scientists, in-house counsel, outside experts, and senior executives with equal facility. A highly effective trial attorney, Chris also focuses on the “resolution” aspect of dispute resolution, helping clients clarify their objectives, understand the stakes at hand, and develop effective strategies to minimize operations, financial, regulatory, and reputational risks.

Among other long-term client relationships, Chris has served for many years as principal counsel for a major chemical company in Louisiana. He has represented this and numerous other chemical manufacturers and distributors as plaintiffs and defendants in virtually every type of litigation related to their Louisiana operations, including chemical releases/mass tort exposure, soil/groundwater/surface water contamination, and personal injury claims, as well as property-damage disputes involving turbines, chlorine cells, and brine pipelines.