Christian Slattery

Christian Slattery

Associate
About

Christian Slattery focuses his practice on product liability, mass tort, and commercial disputes with an emphasis on medical device, toxic tort, and construction litigation. He represents clients, primarily in the life sciences and technology sectors, in cases involving complex legal, scientific, medical, and regulatory issues.

Christian regularly serves on trial work up teams and has considerable experience in product liability and mass tort multidistrict litigation. He is extensively involved in all stages of litigation, including prelitigation investigation, fact and expert discovery, motion practice, mediation, witness preparation, and trial.

Christian has significant hands-on experience as a member of trial teams in both federal and state courts. His roles have included preparing cross and direct examinations, drafting MILs and jury instructions, handling deposition designations, examining evidentiary issues, and preparing witnesses for cross examination.

Bar admissionsTexas
CourtsUnited States District Court for the Northern District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Western District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

EXPERIENCE

  • Attained successful verdict as a member of trial team for a medical device manufacturer in a dispute alleging failure to warn, design defect, and negligence claims
  • Serving as work up counsel for a slate of MDL cases involving product liability claims against the manufacture of a surgical device
  • Represents major technology company in a dispute concerning the construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant
  • Delivered successful verdict for large pharmaceutical company in a toxic tort matter
  • Secured multiple dismissals as a member of case work up team in a slate of toxic tort cases against a materials science company
  • Defended manufacturer of implantable surgical devices at trial in federal court

Pro Bono

  • Assists combat veterans in need of legal representation 
  • Provided legal assistance to support hurricane recovery efforts in Texas
Education
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
    Editorial Board, Law and Business Review

  • B.A., Economics, California Lutheran University
    2x First Team Academic All-American: Baseball

Seminars

  • Presenter, Investigating Witnesses, Parties, and Jurors Online: Ethics Lines and Courtroom-Ready Evidence
  • Presenter, Texas Business Courts Legislation: A Review of the Legal, Political, and Practical Issues

Prior Experience

  • United States District Judge Jeffery V. Brown in the Southern District of Texas: Judicial Intern
  • United States District Judge David S. Morales in the Southern District of Texas: Judicial Intern