Farrell, Christopher R.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Chris Farrell's practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, including complex contract disputes, constitutional law, and civil antitrust matters. He has represented a wide range of clients — including pharmaceutical companies, retailers, and engineering and construction firms — at the trial and appellate levels.

Chris has substantial experience assisting clients in civil antitrust matters related to the enforcement of pharmaceutical patents, including prelitigation counseling and defense against Walker Process and sham litigation allegations arising from patent enforcement litigation and/or regulatory petitioning. He was part of the trial team that successfully defended sanofi-aventis against a claim that the company unlawfully suppressed generic competition for its rheumatoid arthritis drug, Arava.  After a six-day trial, a jury in the Southern District of New York returned a unanimous verdict in favor of sanofi-aventis.

Chris maintains an active pro bono practice. Recently, he assisted a West African immigrant in vacating his conviction in Virginia court for a crime he was legally incapable of committing because he was under 18 years old. The court granted the client's petition for writ of error coram vobis, holding that it was the proper remedy to correct this critical error.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Aventis Pharmaceuticals defends against monopolization claims based on fraud on the Patent Office theory
• Indian tribes win interlocutory appeal before Alaska Supreme Court in case involving adoption violations , (2009)
• Jones Day lawyers successfully assisted a West African immigrant in vacating his conviction in Virginia state court for a crime he was legally incapable of committing , (2009)
• sanofi-aventis wins unanimous jury verdict in Arava antitrust litigation
• Washington Group International dismissed from Hurricane Katrina levee breach class action , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Education

• Princeton University
• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Published Works

• Ecclesiastical Abstention and the Crisis in the Catholic Church, 19 J.L. & Pol. 109, 2003

Address

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113

Phones

1.202.879.7632 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com