Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1994

Lawyer Overview

A partner in the Litigation Department, Mr. Boehning has a diversified practice that includes complex commercial and civil litigation matters, insurance counseling and litigation, regulatory inquiries, internal investigations and international arbitrations. Significant matters include:

• Representing a major financial institution in regulatory inquiries concerning recent developments in the sub-prime mortgage market.

• Representing a leading insurance company in connection with litigation concerning property, business interruption and disability coverage issues.
• Representing a major financial institution in regulatory inquiries and civil litigation arising out of investigations into the mutual fund industry and the independence of Wall Street research analysts.
• Representing Sumitomo Corporation in connection with regulatory inquiries and civil litigation arising out of unauthorized trading conducted by Sumitomo's former chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka.

Reported decisions of interest include:

• Snelling & Snelling, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., 2006 WL 3019188 (5th Cir. 2006).

• DeMarco v. Lehman Brothers Inc., 222 F.R.D. 243 (S.D.N.Y. 2004).

• Sardanis v. Sumitomo Corp., 279 A.D.2d 225, 718 N.Y.S.2d 66 (1st Dept. 2001).

Mr. Boehning has been tapped as a "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation. Mr. Boehning is regarded as an expert on e-discovery issues and has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars on such issues. He is a regular contributor to The New York Law Journal's Technology column on the topic, and is an ongoing participant in The Sedona Conference Working Group Series.

Mr. Boehning was editor in chief of the Washington University Law Quarterly and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Boehning was a budget fellow with the New York State Executive Department, Division of the Budget. He currently serves on the Board of Soccer for Peace and on the National Council for Washington University School of Law.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Antitrust
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Securities Litigation

West Practice Categories

Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Antitrust Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York

Honors and Awards

• Chris Boehning Recognized in Benchmark: Litigation 2009

Past Employment Positions

• New York State Executive Department, Division of the Budget, Budget Fellow

Education

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Journal: Washington University Law Quarterly, Editor in Chief
• University of Rochester, 1988
  M.S.
• University of Rochester, 1987
  B.A.

Published Works

• Technology Today: ‘Mancia’ Applies ESI Rules To Broader Discovery Practice, December 23, 2008
• Technology Today: A Reasonable Route to ESI Confidentiality, October 29, 2008
• Technology Today: Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Expand, August 26, 2008
• Technology Today: Poorly Executed Privilege Review Can Lead to Waiver, June 17, 2008
• Technology Today: Assessing Alternative Search Methodologies, April 24, 2008
• Chris Boehning, Dan Toal and Ross Gotler Author Article for E-Discovery Special Section, October 23, 2007
• Technology Today: Lines Blur Between Business, Personal Data, August 29, 2007
• Technology Today: 'Peskoff,' Cost-Shifting and Accessible Data, June 26, 2007
• Technology Today: Ruling Leaves Ownership Issue Unresolved, April 24, 2007
• Technology Today: Hard-Learned Lessons, February 28, 2007
• "The Cost of Discovery", Best’s Review, January 12, 2007
• Technology Today: Metadata Ethics, December 26, 2006
• Technology Today: Metadata Ethics, November 10, 2006
• Technology Today: Amended Rule 45, October 25, 2006
• Federal Court Suppresses Proffers Made in Connection with Government’s KPMG Tax Shelter Litigation, July 31, 2006
• Technology Today: Proceed With Caution, June 27, 2006
• Technology Today: Benefits of Transparency, April 25, 2006
• Technology Today: Preproduction Privilege Review: 'Hopson' Is a Good Reminder That There Are No Short Cuts, February 28, 2006
• District Court Addresses Presumption of Discovery of Metadata, November 29, 2005
• Decision May Open Doors to Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim, October 18, 2005

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