Leibsle, Robert C.

CHRISTOPHER M. VON MAACK is a trial lawyer focusing on commercial and complex commercial disputes, including in the areas of contract, intellectual property (e.g., copyright, trademark, and trade secret), partnership, real property, and unfair competition.  His practice includes an emphasis on disputes related to the direct selling industry, and among his clients are some of the largest and fastest growing members of the Direct Selling Association ("DSA").  He is licensed to practice law in Utah and California.

Mr. Von Maack graduated from UCLA with a degree in English and a specialization in Business Administration.  He obtained his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif (top 10%) and was a writer and editor for the McGeorge Law Review.  Mr. Von Maack earned Witkin Awards for the top grade in legal writing and international water law.  He also served as teaching assistant to Professor Gregory C. Pingree in the subjects of torts and professional responsibility.

Before joining Magleby & Greenwood, Mr. Von Maack served as a law clerk for the Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood of the Utah Court of Appeals.  He is a member of the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professionalism, Utah Professionalism Liaison Committee, and David K. Watkiss-Sutherland II Inn of Court, and co-chair of the Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division Governmental Relations Committee.  He was previously co-chair of the Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division committee on Professionalism and the Practice of Law.

Mr. Von Maack is a Trustee for the Utah Heritage Foundation and Honorary Colonels of the Salt Lake City Police Department and Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and an Ambassador for the American Cancer Society.  He served on the Huntsman 2012 and McCain 2008 Utah Finance Committees.

Mr. Von Maack maintains an AV Preeminent peer-review rating and a Preeminent client-review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (TM).  He has consistently been included on the list of Super Lawyers (TM) - Rising Stars, an honor given to only the top 2.5% of attorneys practicing in the Intermountain West.  He has also been voted by his peers as one of Utah's Legal Elite, as published in Utah Business Magazine.