Bio

Christopher Nedeau represents individuals and businesses in civil litigation and at trial. After twenty-eight years defending insurance companies, national and international corporations, Nedeau Law PC was created to specialize in plaintiff’s antitrust, real estate, construction defect and employment cases. An experienced trial lawyer with over forty years in the courtroom, Mr. Nedeau successfully litigates civil cases in state and federal court.

From 2006 to 2015, as lead counsel, he represented AU Optronics Corporation, a global manufacturer of TFT- LCD products in civil antitrust class action litigation and against the United States Department of Justice. In 2012, he managed a team of twenty-five lawyers defending the client and five company executives in the nation’s largest antitrust jury trial.

Mr. Nedeau has tried over one-hundred criminal and civil trials to verdict. He has obtained summary judgments, class action dismissals and defense verdicts in toxic tort, fraud, unfair competition, products liability, premises liability and bad faith cases.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He is ranked among the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills with an AV-Preeminent rating by Martindale Hubbell.

Prior to starting Nedeau Law PC, Mr. Nedeau practiced at Nossaman LLP from 2009 to 2016 and at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP from 1987 to 2008.

In 1978, Mr. Nedeau was appointed an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. In 1985, he also became a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Department of Justice in the Organized Crime and Labor Racketeering Strike Force.

Awards & Honors

AV Preeminent^® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Named a Northern California "Super Lawyer" in Antitrust Litigation by San Francisco magazine, 2012-2016.

Selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.

Professional Affiliations

American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Elected to San Francisco Chapter

American Bar Association, Antitrust Section; Criminal Justice Section; Cartel and Criminal Practice Committee

Presentations

Mock Trial Judge for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Mid-Career Training Seminar, San Francisco, CA. 2014

Featured Speaker, “Litigation Counsel of America Renaissance Symposium VIII (2013),” Harvard Club of New York City, New York, December 6, 2013

Speaker, “American Bar Association - Antitrust Law 2013 Spring Meeting,”
Washington, DC, April 2013

Speaker, “Surviving a Government Investigation. Know Your Rights!” Acer Companies, Santa Clara, CA, April 6, 2001

Speaker, “Securing the Benefits of Compliance for Your Institution: Doing It Right the First Time,” Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, Rancho Mirage, CA, October 1999

Speaker, “Evaluating Compliance Effectiveness: ‘De-Bugging,’ Auditing and Validating,” Summit for the Western Region, Healthcare Compliance, San Francisco, CA, September 20-21, 1999

Speaker, “How to Start a Compliance Program,” Practicing Law Institute-Corporate Compliance, San Francisco, CA, July 27, 1999

Speaker, “Criminal Charges: A Risk Manager’s Road Map,” California Society for Health Care Risk Management, Oakland, CA, March 12, 1999

Speaker and judge at the Trial Advocacy Program for enforcement attorneys at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 1996

Education

J.D., Notre Dame School of Law, 1977

B.B.A, University of Notre Dame, 1974, with honors

Admitted

Michigan, 1977

California, 1978

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

United States District Courts in California

United States Supreme Court

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