Chris Conatser
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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Biography
Chris Conatser is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright's Houston office and a member of the products, pharma, medical and mass tort team. Conatser’s practice is focused on resolving complex disputes for clients in the healthcare, life sciences, energy and industrial sectors throughout all stages of litigation. He has significant experience strategically handling and advising on high‑exposure tort, contract and regulatory disputes in jurisdictions across the United States. He has successfully resolved claims pre-suit, on dispositive motion, at trial and on appeal. Conatser received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2013 and bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas in 2009. Previously, Conatser was a small business owner where he developed his most valued skill—client service.
Professional experience
-Alle schließenJD, University of Houston Law Center, 2013
BA, Government, The University of Texas, 2009
While in law school, Chris served as the Internet Publishing Editor of the Houston Law Review and was a part of the Moot Court.
- Texas State Bar
- Prepared numerous discovery requests in complex trade secret litigation
- Drafted and assisted drafting several briefs in support of motions to dismiss, successfully resulting in claims being dismissed for pharmaceutical clients
- Prepared legal memoranda to clients analyzing possible claims and defenses
- Prepared fact summaries and chronologies from documents, witness statements and deposition testimony
- Interviewed witnesses to gather documents and information for trial
- Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: Automotive/transport, The Legal 500, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Energy Law, Best Lawyers, 2023-2025
- Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, Lawdragon, 2024
- Recipient, Global Inclusion Award, Norton Rose Fulbright, 2019
- Co-author, "Health Reform, the Personal-Injury Lawyer's Friend," National Law Journal, March 9, 2015
- Featured, "New Lawyer Snapshot," Texas Bar Journal, March 2014