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J. Christopher JensenPartnerjcj@cll.com212.790.9204 |
Chris is the Chairman of the firm and a senior member of the firm's litigation group. His practice consists of facilitating the resolution of commercial and intellectual property disputes through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution procedures and, where necessary, through the trial of actions before federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals throughout the United States.
Ederer v. Gursky, 9 N.Y. 3d 514 (2007) Attorney for successful plaintiff in leading decision of the New York Court of Appeals on the liability of partners in a law firm organized as a limited liability partnership to a withdrawing partner.
WB Music Corp. The Lenore S. Gershwin Trust, lead attorney for the heirs of George Gershwin in a interpleader action in the Southern District of New York covering the division of foreign royalties from songs composed by George and Ira Gershwin.
Atlantis Information Technologies v. CA, Inc. - Lead counsel for plaintiff in action for breach of software license agreement for mainframe computer software programs.
Madison Tyler Holdings v. Zone Equity Group - Counsel for defendant in action alleging theft of trade secrets relating to software for the electronic trading of commodities futures.
USI, Inc. v. Avis-Rent-A-Car, Inc., American Arbitration Association, New York, NY - lead attorney for Avis in of arbitration trial involving dispute under a complex software license and computer services agreement
NuPipe, Inc. v. American Pipe & Plastics - obtained a multimillion dollar judgment after trial in patent infringement action in Northern District of California involving technology for relining sewer pipes
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York v. Columbia Healthcare Corporation - lead trial attorney in trial of trademark infringement action in Southern District of New York for Columbia University against Columbia/HCA Healthcare over use of Columbia name for hospitals in New York City
Schubert v. Curtis Instruments, Inc. et al. - lead trial attorney for defendant in successful defense of an action in New York State Supreme Court arising out of a disputed joint venture agreement for the acquisition of former East German electronics manufacturing firm
New York University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law (1978 - 1996)
United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York (1975 - 80), Chief, Civil Division (1977- 80)
Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (1978-2006)
Co-author, 'Trade Secrets,' Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (West Publishing 2008); 'Are You Carrying Trade Secrets?', The Industrial Physicist (2001)
Named in New York 'Super Lawyers' 2006-2010
Named in The Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Law (American Lawyer Media, Inc. 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), reprinted in New York magazine
Named in Chambers USA 2006 as one of the leading individuals in Trademark and Copyright Litigation in New York
Awarded the Thurgood Marshall Award by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York for pro bono representation of a death row inmate (1999)
Special Merit Award of the U.S. Attorney General (1979)
Member, Federal Bar Council
Master in the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court (2003-2009)
International Senior Lawyers Project - advising government of Malawi on revision of its intellectual property laws (2009)
Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Member (1980-2009)
Treasurer, The Eastern District Association
Arbitration Panel, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
New York University School of Law (JD 1973, cum laude; Order of the Coif)
Columbia University, Columbia College (BA 1969)
New York
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals - Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
United States District Courts - Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York