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Christopher L. Lebsock

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.633.1908 ph
415.358.4980 fax
clebsock@hausfeldllp.com
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A partner at Hausfeld LLP, Christopher L. Lebsock concentrates in litigation and trial practice.  He frequently represents consumers and businesses in cases involving the antitrust laws.  He has litigated cases against antitrust violators in the technology sector, including cartels involving Dynamic Random Access Memory, TFT-LCD panels used in monitors and televisions, and cathode-ray tubes.  Mr. Lebsock is also currently representing foreign and domestic consumers and businesses in their efforts to recover from airlines that overcharged them for passenger air travel between the United States and Asia/Oceania.

These and other cases in which Mr. Lebsock is involved have a significant international aspect to them, and given the global nature of trade today, future antitrust and securities violations are likely to involve multiple markets around the globe.  Mr. Lebsock is actively engaged in a truly global antitrust practice—he regularly consults with clients, trade associations, and law firms in Asia about competition issues.     

Domestically, Mr. Lebsock recently tried Savaglio v. Wal-Mart on behalf of 119,000 hourly employees that were deprived of their meal periods by Wal-Mart.  Following a four month trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Lebsock’s clients in the amount of $172 million.  This achievement stands as one of the most satisfying of his career, due primarily to the vast inequality in the employment relationship between Wal-Mart and its hourly employees.  Notably the jury’s award included $115 million in punitive damages against Wal-Mart for the way it consciously and systematically disregarded the rights of its employees.  He represents clients in the trial courts throughout the United States and on appeal. 

Mr. Lebsock is also a member of the firm’s financial services group and represents investors in matters concerning United States securities laws.  He recently represented a public company recover liquidity of its auction rate securities holdings from its investment advisor.  Occasionally, Mr. Lebsock represents individuals that have been seriously injured by the negligence or wrongdoing of others.