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Christopher R. Drury

Senior Counsel

Chris Drury primarily focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts with an emphasis on disputes involving medical malpractice, products liability, business torts, breach of contract, and unfair trade practices. He also practices in the area of employment law. Chris is an experienced attorney specializing in medical malpractice defense, representing hospitals, and healthcare professionals in complex litigation matters. With a deep understanding of both medical and legal standards of care, Chris has successfully defended clients in high-stakes cases involving issues of medical negligence, misdiagnoses, birth injuries, and other allegations of professional malpractice. Chris has worked closely with medical experts to build strong defenses that protect reputations and limit liability. His practice spans state and federal courts, with a proven record of favorable outcomes, dismissals, and negotiated resolutions.

Chris has also defended products liability and toxic tort claims against automobile and auto parts manufacturers, as well as manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and commercial products. Chris has represented clients in business disputes involving noncompetition agreements, business insurance claims, the Uniform Commercial Code, trademark, copyright, and patent infringement claims, and theft of proprietary information and trade secrets claims.

In addition to defending clients in commercial litigation, Chris has experience litigating creditors’ rights, including representing secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy actions. Chris has also handled matters involving foreclosures, replevin, and reclamation of goods, and represented landlords with leasing issues, evictions, and collections.

Chris combines his career’s worth of experience in business and commercial litigation with a deep knowledge of electronic discovery and technical data to direct all phases of pretrial discovery. Chris has managed and overseen discovery for complex cases involving electronically stored information. Chris has also handled all aspects of pretrial motion practice, taken and defended numerous depositions, and assisted trial teams in coordinating witnesses, preparing trial documents and exhibits, and supporting the development of trial strategy. Specific to product liability cases, has experience defending large multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, health care, and automobile industries. He has advised clients regarding issues of medical causation and regulatory compliance, and has assisted with preparing medical device and prescription drug actions for trial and developing case theories and defenses.