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Christina Seanor

Senior Counsel

Christina Seanor represents businesses in complex, high-stakes litigation across the country. Christina’s practice primarily involves defending claims of catastrophic injuries, products liability, consumer protection violations, and toxic torts. When her clients are facing novel theories of liability, cases where precedent is thin, exposure is uncertain, and early intervention is critical, Christina helps them identify risks and shapes case strategies to align with their goals.

Christina has experience with:

  • Public Liability Actions under the Price Anderson Act;
  • Class Action Fairness Act;
  • Louisiana Products Liability Act, La. Rev. Sta. § 9:2800.51, et seq.;
  • Mississippi Products Liability Act, Miss. Code § 11-1-63;
  • Mississippi Consumer Protection Act, Miss. Code Ann. §75-24-1, et seq.;
  • Trademark Infringement Claims under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1114;
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act;
  • Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act;
  • Truth in Lending Act;
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act;
  • Employment claims, under Title VII;
  • The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. §1395dd;
  • EMTALA Retaliation, 42 U.S.C. §1395dd(i);
  • False Claims Act qui tam suits, 31 U.S.C. §3729;
  • FCA Retaliation Claims;
  • Deliberate indifference claims under §1983;
  • Communications Decency Act; and
  • Health Care Quality Improvement Act, 42 U.S.C. §11101;

Christina has represented clients in the defense of class actions, multi-district litigation, multi-party suits, and attorney general lawsuits. She’s handled appeals in State and federal courts and objections to magistrate orders in federal court. Christina has secured venue transfers, dismissals, protective orders, orders compelling production, favorable evidentiary rulings, summary judgments, and appeals. In administrative settings, she has successfully pursued public record and FOIA requests, bid protests, public utility billing appeals, and city planning approval for clients.

A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, Christina is licensed in Mississippi and Louisiana and admitted to practice before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has been recognized as a Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star for four consecutive years and is deeply involved in bar leadership and community service. Christina is passionate about mentoring young lawyers and maintaining an active pro bono practice, where she has helped secure meaningful recoveries for individuals navigating the legal system without representation.

  • Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act claim on behalf of hospital of claim by physician alleging violations of False Claims Act based on novel EMTALA-violation theory. Affirmed on appeal to Fifth Circuit.
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of hospital in action alleging claims for EMTALA retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(i) and FCA retaliation under 31 USC § 3730(h).
  • Obtained summary judgment on behalf of healthcare provider and government contractor client facing § 1983 claims for deliberate indifference.
  • Removal of three personal injury actions alleging negligent radiation exposure under Price Anderson Act.

Admissions

  • Mississippi
  • Louisiana

Memberships

  • Mississippi Bar, Young Lawyers Division
  • Louisiana State Bar Association,
  • American Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Junior League of Jackson
    • Arrangements Volunteer
    • E-Newsletter Editor
    • Breakthrough T1D
    • Board of Directors, Mississippi Chapter, 2024-2026

Education

  • J.D., magna cum laude, University of Mississippi School of Law, 2014
    • Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2015
    • Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
    • Mississippi Law Journal
    • Dean’s Leadership Council
  • B.A., History, Public Policy Leadership, University of Mississippi, 2011
    • Phi Alpha Theta
    • Ole Miss Ambassadors
    • Trent Lott Leadership Institute

Honors

  • Mid-South Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2021-2025
  • Outstanding Young Lawyer Award Recipient, Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division, 2018-2019
  • Mississippi Bar Leadership Forum, Graduate, 2018
  • Outstanding Service Award Recipient, Jackson Young Lawyers, 2016-2017