Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Chris Lovrien represents businesses in high-stakes commercial litigation, internal investigations, and prelitigation counseling. His practice focuses on contract disputes, antitrust claims, securities matters, and the defense of consumer class actions. He has litigated cases before federal and state courts throughout the U.S. and has substantial experience in arbitration and mediation. Chris has obtained total defense summary judgments on behalf of Firm clients (including in a case seeking $1 billion in damages), achieved dismissals at the pleading stage, and otherwise developed and implemented strategies to obtain early victory.

Chris's recent accomplishments include a total defense victory on behalf of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles after a four-week arbitration brought by the hospital's computer systems integrator. He also was part of the Jones Day team that defeated an attempt to enforce a multimillion dollar foreign country "judgment" against the Firm's client and then pursued substantial sanctions against plaintiffs' counsel in a unique Ninth Circuit special master proceeding. Additionally, Chris was a member of the Jones Day team that achieved a landmark Privacy Act settlement on behalf of former nuclear scientist Dr. Wen Ho Lee after victories at the trial and appellate court level (including opposing writs of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court).

Chris has litigated dozens of cases involving the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and state antitrust and unfair competition laws (including California Bus. & Prof. Code section 17200) on behalf of clients such as Aventis S.A., Bayer A.G., and The Procter & Gamble Company. He also has represented public companies and their officers and directors in securities matters and SEC investigations.

Chris has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer Rising Star" by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. He is the hiring partner for Jones Day's Los Angeles Office.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement

Representative Cases

• Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC") v. Childrens Hosptial Los Angeles ("CHLA")
• El-Shifa v. United States
• Gaston v. Procter & Gamble Dist. Co., No. BC 31120 (L.A. Sup. Ct., filed Feb. 25, 2004)
• In re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1383, 363 F. Supp. 2d 514 (E.D.N.Y. 2005)
• In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1285 (D.D.C.)
• Siemens VDO Automotive Corp. v. Menasha Corp.
• Wen Ho Lee v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 413 F.3d 53 (D.C.Cir. 2005)
• Defense of Los Angeles Superior Court Real Estate Partnership Action

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, Franchising, International Antitrust, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, RICO Act, Secured Transactions, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Trade Regulation, Transactions, Unfair Competition, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California
• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Education

• Harvard University

Published Works

• Change in Unfair-Competition Law Begs 'Causation' Question, Los Angeles Daily Journal, p. 9, 2006

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2316 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com