Christopher P Stief

Practice Areas

Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets

International Employment

Career

Chris Stief is managing partner of the Fisher Phillips Philadelphia office, and also is past co-chair and co-founder of the firm’s Employee Defection and Trade Secrets practice group, as well as a core member of the International Employers practice group and Financial Services industry team. Chris represents employers in labor and employment matters, with a nationwide and international practice focusing on restrictive covenant and trade secrets issues. His practice includes litigating and advising companies on matters relating to covenants not to compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements, unfair competition, employee raiding and team moves, trade secrets, duty of loyalty, the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), the U.S. Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA), and various state trade secrets and unfair competition statutes. He has a particular focus on advising and providing representation on restrictive covenant issues for companies that have a multi-state or multi-national workforce, and a consequent need to interpret and account for the varying laws of diverse jurisdictions. Chris is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator, having successfully completed the Mediator Skills Training Program of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in London.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Employment Law Council (AELC)

Past Co-Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Committee

Past Co-Chair, Delaware County (PA) Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Committee

Member, American Bar Association Labor & Employment and International Law Sections

Member, Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association Compliance & Legal Society

Personal

J.D., 1991, cum laude, Boston University School of Law

B.A., 1985, Dickinson College