Christopher Conti Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Chris Conti dedicates his practice to providing clients with sophisticated legal solutions in the ever-changing field of labor and employment law. Throughout his career, Chris has vigorously defended unionized and non-unionized employers in wide spectrum of matters, including single-plaintiff wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, complex wage and hour class and representative PAGA matters, and trade secret/unfair competition claims. In addition to his litigation practice, Chris is well-versed in handling traditional labor disputes, labor arbitrations, union organizing drives, and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board.During his career, Chris has served as second-chair in two civil trials where he successfully obtained defense verdicts for his clients. He has also first-chaired multiple labor arbitrations and administrative hearings in matters concerning employee discipline, contract disputes, and bargaining unit composition.Before joining Fisher Phillips, Chris was an associate at a national full-service firm and a mid-sized labor and employment firm. During this time, he gained experience in civil trials, employment and labor arbitration, collective bargaining, union-management relations and public sector law. While attending law school at the University of San Diego, Chris served as an extern for the Honorable John A. Houston, District Court Judge for the Southern District of California.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Defend management in lawsuits concerning wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, wage and hour disputes, collective bargaining, labor code violations, layoffs/reduction in force and protected leave • Represent public companies and non-profit organizations concerning traditional and non-traditional labor law, including union organizing, collective bargaining, Unfair Labor Practice charges and labor arbitration • Provide advice and counseling to management in matters concerning personnel decisions and labor disputes• Litigate employment cases referred by insurance carriers arising from Employment Practices Liability insurance policies

• Practiced civil litigation focused in labor and employment law, including traditional/non-traditional labor law, union representation, wage and hour disputes, the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)• Gained extensive experience with law and motion, depositions, civil discovery and appellate matters • Represented clients in arbitration proceedings concerning traditional labor law matters, discipline/discharge and contract violation claims • Successfully served as second chair in a five-day trial involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, declaratory relief and conversion• Represented public sector education clients with claims pursuant to the Educational Employment Relations Act concerning the unilateral reduction in working days• Prevailed in defending a petition for unit modification/certification filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers• Gained experience with unfair labor practice charges before the Public Employment Relations Board and the National Labor Relations Board • Effectively served as lead counsel in the high-profile San Bernardino Chapter 9 bankruptcy proceeding

San Diego, California, Us

• Practiced civil litigation focused in insurance and subrogation, products liability, telecommunications and tort law • Drafted pleadings, law and motion briefs, written discovery and research memorandum • Took and defended over fifteen depositions• Represented an national insurance carrier in over twenty mediations• Made over fifty appearances in state court concerning law and motion matters, mandatory settlement conferences and case management conferences

• Assisted trial counsel with matters concerning insurance defense, employment law, contracts and products liability • Exhibited strong writing skills in preparing pleadings, law and motion briefs, written discovery and research memorandum • Assisted with trial preparation for a large corporate client involving breach of contract and breach of warranty claims

Us

• Drafted legal opinions regarding constitutional law, employment discrimination, securities fraud and intellectual property • Observed the federal legal system in all phases, including trial, law and motion, and pre and post-trial hearings• Developed strong legal writing and reasoning skills under the supervision of Judge Houston and his staff attorneys

Boston, Ma, Us

• Participated in all phases of civil litigation, including pre-trial hearings, civil discovery, civil trial and post-trial motions• Drafted demurrers and motions for summary judgment• Successfully assisted trial counsel with a jury trial in a personal injury case from pre-trial settlement conferences until jury verdict• Drafted a prevailing trial brief regarding breach of contract, breach of warranty and unconscionability

• Drafted transactional documents such as wills, trusts, health care proxy, power of attorney, and living wills

• Managed a team of sales associates supplying market research to Fortune 500 companies in multiple industry verticals

Hicksville, New York, Us

• Assisted and managed the sale of medical devices through seventy distributorships in Europe, Asia and Africa • Managed sales conventions on-site in France, Turkey, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Australia and Puerto Rico

Juris Doctor, Law

Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology And Sociology