Christopher Norcross Email & Phone Number

Practice Areas: Construction Law, including Construction Defects, Payment Disputes, Products Liability, Environmental/Toxic Tort, Employment, and Business/Commercial Litigation• Regularly represents construction firms (contractors and subcontractors), developers, design professionals (architects and engineers), and national, international and multinational manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers.• Also represents national and multinational manufacturers and suppliers of industrial machinery and heavy equipment used in the construction, oil & gas and mining, military and agricultural industries against product defect and personal injury claims.• Prosecute and defend claims involving:o allegations of defect in workmanship and product, o contract, warranty, and surety issues,o payment disputes, including lien claims and collection effortso employment claimso construction-related personal injury claimso toxic exposure to materials and chemicals, and o other commercial litigation issues• Develop and implement litigation strategy for an active docket of over 50 cases• Supervise litigation team, including attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants • Draft and respond to pleadings, discovery, motions, and appellate briefs in both state and federal court, and arbitration proceedings• Argue hearings in state and federal court on a weekly basis• Conduct client and fact witness interviews• Depose parties, fact witnesses, and expert witnesses on a weekly basis• Prepare corporate representatives, and fact and expert witnesses for deposition and trial testimony• Lead settlement negotiations and mediation• Negotiating and draft contracts in areas of construction, business and employment law• Research and analyze complex legal issues• Responsible for extensive trial preparation• First- and second-chair trial and appellate experience

Dallas

Responsible for extensive trial preparationJury trial experience involving product liability claimsDraft and argue pleadings, motions, and briefsParticipate in deposing parties, fact witnesses, treating physicians, and expert witnessesConduct fact witness interviewsParticipate in settlement negotiations and mediation, including drafting mediation briefsRespond to discovery requestsDraft status letters to clientsDraft and serve subpoenas for recordsResearch and analyze complex legal issues

Dallas

Drafted pleadings, motions, briefs, affidavits, and proposed ordersResponded to discovery requestsDrafted status letters to clientsDrafted and served subpoenas for recordsResearched and analyzed complex legal issues

Plano, Texas

Provided product knowledge, needs assessment, and problem resolutionSupervised twenty sales associates, including scheduling and conflict resolutionConducted weekly training seminars to groups of between 8 and 10 associates to educate them about new lines of productPersonally generated over $1.3 million in annual salesTwice-recipient of the annual service award voted on by fellow associates and given to the one associate in the company who has demonstrated service to others and has inspired others to make service a central part of their lives

Mckinney, Texas

Conducted legal research on statutes and case law pertaining to the admissibility of evidence, coercion of confessions, and police detentions of suspectsDrafted memoranda analyzing legal issuesReviewed, summarized and analyzed case files to determine the sufficiency of evidence, arguments to be made in support of issues involved, and likelihood of successful prosecutions Drafted oral arguments used by prosecutors in two trials, each with a successful outcomeContacted witnesses to obtain evidentiary documentation, such as witness statements and personnel recordsAssisted in voir dire by identifying jurors to be dismissed by peremptory challenge

Dallas, Texas

Developed and monitored goals for the External Studies programEnsured compliance with regional and professional accrediting standardsPlanned and oversaw budgets in excess of $1 million, expenditures, and financial reportingManaged a staff of five people, including two onsite faculty members in Houston and Atlanta Negotiated and drafted contracts for the use of classroom and library facilities for each of the five extension sitesDeveloped and presented academic advising seminars for entering students at the main campus and at the institution’s extension sitesPresented informational seminars about the institution’s academic programs to groups of 15-20 prospective students throughout the country

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Journal of Real Property Law Wesleyan Innocence Project

Law

Visiting Student, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Course Work: Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax

Th.M., Historical Theology

B.A., Counseling