Christopher Pickens

Practice Areas

Chris Pickens understands that the best strategies for clients in litigation and arbitration advance not only the client's case, but also its broader goals. Chris focuses on advising clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration and working with clients to ensure their dispute-resolution strategies also serve their business objectives.

Chris also is aware that technology is influencing all areas of the law, including litigation and arbitration. Chris works with clients to help them understand their shifting risk landscape, as technology disrupts their industries, and helps them ensure they are maximizing the use of technology to mitigate those risks.

Chris has defended corporations, corporate directors, limited liability companies, and LLC members against derivative, class, and representative actions alleging breach of fiduciary duty and violation of federal securities laws. Chris also has represented and advised private company clients and their owners in disputes arising out of corporate transactions, including earn-outs, purchase-price adjustments, and joint-ventures.

In addition, Chris has represented clients in construction disputes and a wide variety of other cases, including insurance fraud and abuse; unfair competition and other business torts; intellectual property disputes; bribery and corruption; and claims for breach of complex government, distribution, employment, and other commercial contracts.

Chris has represented clients in state and federal courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS).

During law school, Chris served as articles editor of the George Mason Law Review and won the Memorial Richard S. Murphy Prize, awarded to the winner of an annual competition among the top students in each class.