Christopher Lebsock Email & Phone Number

As a partner at Hausfeld LLP, my work represents consumers and businesses in complex legal disputes. For example, I have litigated cases against antitrust violators in the technology sector. I have also represented foreign and domestic consumers and businesses in their efforts to recover from airlines that overcharge them for passenger air travel between the United States and Asia/Oceania.These and other cases have a significant international aspect to them, and given the global nature of trade today, future antitrust and securities violations are likely to involve multiple markets around the globe. I am truly engaged in a truly global practice - I regularly consult with clients, trade associations, and law firms around the world about competition issues.Domestically, I recently tried a case against Cessna Aircraft Company as a result of an aviation accident in Southern California that resulted in substantial confidential settlements with a number of defendants. In another recent case, I represented 119,000 hourly employees of Wal-Mart who were systematically deprived of their employment rights. Following a four month trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of my clients in the amount of $172 million. This achievement stands as one of the most satisfying of my career, due primarily to the vast inequality in the employment relationship between Wal-Mart and its hourly employees. Notably the jury's award included $115 million in punitive damages against Wal-Mart for the way it consciously and systematically disregarded the rights of its employees.I am a member of the firm’s financial services group and represent investors in matters concerning U.S. securities laws. I recently represented a public company recover liquidity of its auction rate securities holdings from its investment advisor. I have also assisted foreign banking and insurance conglomerates recover losses from toxic investment products sold to them by a number of U.S. investment banks.

Listed skills include Litigation, Competition Law, Class Actions, Civil Litigation, and 11 others.

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  Partner

  Hausfeld Llp

  Nov 2008 - Present - San Francisco, Ca