Christopher L. Lebsock

OVERVIEW

Chris is a member of the firm’s antitrust and financial services groups and represents consumers and businesses in complex legal disputes in a variety of jurisdictions across the globe. Chris regularly consults with clients, trade associations, and law firms about competition issues and legal strategies that span international borders.

Chris has briefed and/or argued matters in numerous courts across the United States, including in the California Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, the Second, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Clients

Chris represents banks, insurance companies, and manufacturers and distributors in litigation. Chris enjoys crafting creative legal solutions for his clients, and where necessary, advocating new and novel legal theories to advance his clients’ interests.

EDUCATION

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1996

University of Colorado, Boulder, B.A., 1993; Phi Beta Kappa

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

United States Supreme Court

California Supreme Court

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Northern District of California

Eastern District of California

Central District of California

Southern District of California

AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association, Member

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, former Senior Managing Editor

State Bar of California, Member

WHAT OTHERS SAY

American Antitrust Institute 

• Outstanding Antitrust Litigation achievement in Private Law Practice in 2023 for Olean Wholesale Foods Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods Inc 

Best Lawyers

• Lawyer of the Year Award in 2025
• Best Lawyer in 2024
  • Antitrust Law 
  • Litigation - Antitrust 

Chambers

• Band 2, California Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff in 2024

Global Competition Review

• Litigation of the Year – Cartel Prosecution: an honor he received as part of the In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation case team in 2015

Lawdragon

• 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers since 2019

Legal 500

• Recommended Lawyer, Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiff in 2019

Super Lawyers

• Super Lawyer, Antitrust Litigation in San Francisco since 2021

Who's Who Legal

• Thought Leader, USA: Competition, since 2023
• Recommended Lawyer, Competition: Plaintiff in 2018

"Christopher Lebsock ranks prominently for his competition practice, receiving endorsements for his experience in numerous jurisdictions." (Who’s Who Legal, Competition - Plaintiff - Legal Marketplace Analysis, 2022

PUBLICATIONS

Chris's other publications include:

• • “Evolving Class Certification Standards in Federal Courts,” The Journal of State Bar of California Litigation Section (Nov. 3, 2010), Author
  • "Dismissal Standards Following Bell Atlantic v. Twombly - A One-Year Retrospective," The Antitrust Review of the Americas (2009), Co-Authored with Michael Lehmann
  • "Pimco: Another Guidepost for Class Certification," Law360 (Sept. 23, 2009), Author

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