- Compliance and Investigations
- Litigation
- Business Disputes / Commercial
- Securities / Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar Defense
- J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, cum laude, 1994
- B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1987
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- American Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers (San Diego)
- San Diego County Bar Association
- State Bar of California
CHRISTIAN D. HUMPHREYS
Partner, San Diego, Los Angeles
750 B Street
Suite 3300, Symphony Towers
San Diego, CA 92101-8105
TEL: 619.595.5488
FAX: 619.595.5450
EMAIL: chumphreys@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Chris Humphreys litigates and tries cases involving complex business and commercial disputes, white collar defense, and securities claims. These are the types of cases in which Chris is best able to take advantage of his accounting experience, which he gained while practicing as a Certified Public Accountant for Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche prior to attending law school. Chris maintains offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, California.
Chris has been recognized in the San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine in 2007 and 2008. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bar Foundation and has previously served as the Chair of the General Civil Litigation section of the San Diego Bar Association.
Chris received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1994, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the San Diego Law Review. Chris was elected to the Order of the Coif, and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1994.
Representative Matters
- Lead trial counsel in the successful defense of a civil securities fraud action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Lead trial counsel in defense of business dispute involving breach of contract, fraud and punitive damages, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of California securities laws, and negligent misrepresentation. Chris was able to defeat all but the breach of contract claim through motion practice and obtained a defense verdict on that claim at trial.
- Trial counsel in the successful defense of a hospital against allegations made by the United States that the hospital committed criminal violations of the federal anti-kickback statute by indirectly compensating physicians in exchange for the referral of patients to the hospital.
- Successfully defended a former officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc. against allegations of federal securities fraud in federal class action in which plaintiffs sought more than $1.5 billion in damages and the court granted our client’s motion to dismiss.
- Lead counsel for a medical group that prevailed in a multi-million dollar arbitration brought by the medical group against a hospital system in connection with a contractual dispute over the services rendered by the medical group.