Christopher focuses his practice in the areas of professional liability, employment practices liability and education law. Christopher has litigated a variety of complex matters in federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Christopher also has represented employers in administrative proceedings before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and he has represented school districts in special education due process matters.
During law school, Christopher clerked for the Hon. Robert J. Woodside in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. After graduating from law school, Christopher served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Ronald B. Graves in the Civil Division of the New Jersey Superior Court. Christopher then went on to join a mid-sized law firm in northern New Jersey as an associate, where his practice focused primarily on commercial litigation.
Significant Representative Matters:
- Dismissal on motion of claims brought against mortgage lender for alleged violations of federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act by plaintiff who claimed she was the victim of a housing fraud scam.
- Assisted in obtaining defense verdict at trial in favor of school district, administrators and professional staff alleged to have violated 1st Amendment rights of students by disciplining them for protesting a dress code policy.
- Summary judgment dismissing claims against school district, administrators and school board members in action by former teacher who alleged she was terminated from her employment in violation of her federal civil rights.
- Summary judgment dismissing claims by parent and students against school district, administrators and staff members of claims brought under federal and state wiretap laws and 4th Amendment.
- Summary judgment dismissing action against parking authority by former employee who claimed she was terminated from her employment in violation of her 1st and 14th Amendment rights.
- Dismissal on motion of claims by first-time home buyers against mortgage broker brought under federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Pa. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
- Dismissal on motion of claims by parent of special needs student brought under the IDEA and Rehabilitation Act against the administrative agency responsible for overseeing special education hearings.
- Dismissal on motion of claims by parent of special needs student brought against school district under the IDEA and Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of U.S. Constitution.
- Dismissal on preliminary objections of claims for professional negligence and breach of contract against accounting firm and individual accountants.
- Summary judgment dismissing claims of breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and fraud against attorney.
- Dismissal on preliminary objections of tortious interference and civil conspiracy claims brought against real estate agency and broker.
- Dismissal on motion for sanctions of claims under federal RICO statute and for breach of contract brought against school district and administrators by parent of former student in the district.
- Dismissal on motion of claims under Americans with Disabilities Act brought by former employee against a Clinton County municipality.
- Successfully defended grievance brought by retired employee against school district seeking to recover unpaid, accrued sick leave.
- Settlement of class action under federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act against medical billing company involving approximately 2,500 identified class members.
- Successfully mediated multimillion dollar construction defect claim brought against roofing and sheet metal contractor.
- Defense award at arbitration in negligence action brought against insurance agency and owners of the agency.
- Summary judgment dismissing civil rights claims brought against school district and administrators by former high school student who alleged district failed to appropriately respond to and investigate her complaints of bullying by other students.
