{"id":43,"date":"2012-06-13T22:26:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c2lawgroup.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2024-06-17T21:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T21:09:48","slug":"christopher-t-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Chris Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Williams_Chris.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160 alignleft\" title=\"Chris Williams\" src=\"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Williams_Chris.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Williams Headshot\" width=\"223\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cwilliams@altustriallaw.com?subject=Website%20Inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cwilliams@altustrial.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">With over 30 years of litigation experience working at big and small firms, I started my own firm, Altus Trial Law (&#8220;ATL&#8221;), in 2013 with the goal of providing clients with the top-rate legal services at a reasonable cost.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">As a graduate of UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law) and UC Berkeley, I have successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits on behalf of individuals and businesses in federal and state courts throughout California and Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">As a former U.S. national rugby team player, I know what it\u2019s like to fight and compete, and that starts with understanding my client\u2019s needs and goals.\u00a0 From there, I develop a cost-effective strategy to achieve those goals, whether it is defending a meritless action, or prosecuting a case on your behalf.\u00a0 Often times a legal dispute can be resolved short of expensive and protracted litigation, and I pride myself on my extensive dispute resolution skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">To the extent litigation is unavoidable, I am always mindful of my clients\u2019 exposure and gear my litigation strategy toward assuring my clients\u2019 desired outcome is met in an effective cost-efficient manner.\u00a0 This includes resolving disputes through early discovery and aggressive motion practices as well as utilizing various alternative dispute resolution techniques early in litigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Significant Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prosecuted a highly contentious misappropriation of trade secret case on behalf of UTStarcom involving wireless data transmission technology in district court in Illinois.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Defended a major pharmaceutical company in a class action involving false advertising claims.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Successfully defended a copyright infringement action brought by an artist against an art dealer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recently won a bench trial on behalf of an individual investor seeking to oust a corporate officer based on breaches of fiduciary duty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Represented founders of an automobile accessories company in an arbitration arising out of their sale of the company. \u00a0Obtained decision in favor of founders on fraud claims.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Represented a major real estate development group in an action for specific performance and damages relating to a parcel of commercial property.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>J.D., University of California Hastings College of the Law, 1994<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the Constitutional Law Journal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clerked for Honorable Ronald. M. George, Chief Justice California Supreme court<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1990, majored in Political Science and Economics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bar AdmissionsCalifornia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Court Admissions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. District Court for the Central District of California<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Central District<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>State Bar of California<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Athletes Touch Networking Group<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Los Angeles County Bar Association<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Consumer Attorneys Association of\u00a0Los Angeles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Santa Monica Bar Association<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cwilliams@altustrial.com With over 30 years of litigation experience working at big and small firms, I started my own firm, Altus Trial Law (&#8220;ATL&#8221;), in 2013 with the goal of providing clients with the top-rate legal services at a reasonable cost.\u00a0 As a graduate of UC College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/altustriallaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}