Christopher is trusted by a wide range of clients, including financial institutions at the local, regional and national level; publicly traded corporations; court-appointed receivers; bankruptcy trustees; private fiduciaries; property owners and managers; small businesses and individuals.

Christopher’s practice includes civil litigation and appellate advocacy; real estate and corporate transactions; bankruptcy; loan workouts; restructuring; banking and financial services.

A creative, out-of-the box thinker, Christopher employs the business sense honed from years working in his family business to provide proactive, innovative solutions for the unique legal challenge facing each client.

This approach remains the same whether at trial in the courtroom, negotiating a deal in a boardroom, or seeking a favorable result at mediation or arbitration. Christopher firmly believes that forward looking, strategic thinking should be at the core of each representation.

Christopher has been lead counsel on the following significant matters including: obtaining approval of a Chapter 11 liquidating plan for a court appointed Chapter 11 Trustee in a case involving the recovery of several dozen fraudulently conveyed rental homes; successfully defending - in a reported decision - a summary judgment in his clients’ favor on appeal to the California Appellate and Supreme Courts; securing terminating sanctions against plaintiffs in multi-million dollar harassment and defamation cases; securing a "no-notice" ex parte turnover order for a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee; obtaining multi-million dollar prejudgment attachments; and negotiating and documenting a lease for multiple floors of Class A office space; advising on the acquisition and disposition of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commercial real estate; acting as lender’s counsel in negotiating over one-billion dollars worth of commercial loans.

Christopher also serves as outside general counsel to regional banking institutions, sits on the Board of Trustees for the San Diego Law Library Foundation and is a Barrister member of the Enright Inn of the American Inns of Court.    

Christopher's clients routinely compliment his proactive and diligent strategic approaches which produce exceptional results.