Groves, C. Christopher

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Chris Groves practices in a broad spectrum of commercial litigation matters, including environmental insurance coverage litigation, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, employment-related class actions, consumer class actions, corporate takeover litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, patent infringement, and license agreement disputes. He also handles mass tort litigation involving consumer, toxic tort, and product liability claims.

Chris has handled matters for clients including Allied Riser Corporation, Alon, Beazer East, Delphi, Fina, Goodman Manufacturing, Invensys, KB Home, Morgan Stanley, North Safety Products, Occidental Chemical, Parker Hannifin, Texas Instruments, Textron, U.S. Silica, and Verizon. Recently, he successfully argued an appeal at the 10th Circuit that affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. Court of the Northern District of Oklahoma of a putative class action against Goodman Manufacturing alleging that Goodman breached its warranty on 800,000 air conditioning units due to an unmanifested defect. During the current economic cycle, Chris has been involved in a number of bankruptcy-related adversary proceedings. He continues to act as national counsel to a safety products company in litigation involving more than 25,000 individual claimants in 20 states.

Chris is an alumnus of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Dallas Program. He is also listed as one of D Magazine's "Best Lawyers Under 40" and a "Texas Rising Star" in Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazine. Chris is a strong supporter of Children's Medical Center, recently chairing The Children's Trust.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Consumer Goods Product Liability Litigation
• Coordination of Product Liability Litigation
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation (Chemical, Environmental, and Occupational)
• Insurance Coverage

Representative Cases

• Allied Riser Communications placed into involuntary reorganization
• Bridgestone defeats class certification of Alien Tort Claims Act charges of forced labor on Liberian plantation , (2009)
• Goodman Manufacturing summary judgment against proposed class action in air conditioning units case is affirmed by Tenth Circuit , (2009)
• Koppers' claim of insurer's liability for environmental property damage coverage affirmed by Third Circuit
• Morgan Stanley defends shareholder derivative and class action , (2009)
• Occidental recovers substantial insurance proceeds for environmental damage claims
• Texas Instruments defends against potential worldwide class action seeking compensation for time spent on-call
• Value-Added Communications prosecutes breach of patent license agreement in state court and defends patent infringement claim in federal court , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Franchising, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Medical Products & Devices, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pesticides, Pharmaceutical Products, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Recreational Products, Secured Transactions, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, Tobacco, Toxic Torts, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties, Water Pollution

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University
• U of Texas - Austin

Published Works

• Solving the Problems in Mass Tort Litigation, Practice Perspectives: Product Liability & Tort Litigation, 2007
• In Silica Litigation, the Numbers Alone Dictate Careful Scrutiny of Injury and Causation, coauthor, Andrews, Toxic Chemicals, Vol. 21, Issue 21, p. 207, 2003

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

1.214.969.5005 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.214.969.5100 (Business Fax)

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Websites

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