Chris Lynch helps businesses navigate complex litigation matters and insurance recovery disputes. A pragmatic counselor and advocate, Chris leverages over 20 years of experience as a commercial litigator to help clients find effective and efficient resolutions to contested insurance claims, construction disputes, lender/guarantor disputes, real estate issues, bankruptcy-related disputes, securities issues, and other business disputes.
Chris has helped business policyholders in a wide variety of industries recover millions in insurance proceeds to cover underlying defense costs, damages, settlements, and first-party losses. Chris also advises policyholder clients on directors and officers liability coverage, excess liability coverage, crime coverage, products liability coverage, commercial general liability coverage, and property and income coverage.
Credentials
Education
- University of Minnesota, B.A., journalism, 1995, magna cum laude
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1998, National Moot Court competition team, Order of the Coif, Minnesota Justice Foundation
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
- U.S. Supreme Court
Clerkships
- HonorableJames Gilbert, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1998 - 1999
- HonorablePaul Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1998 - 1999