Christopher Bradley is an associate in the Complex Commercial Litigation group in Weil's Houston office. His practice focuses on business and bankruptcy litigation, serving US and international clients in the energy, health care, telecommunications, and banking and financial services industries. He has represented clients at every stage of the dispute resolution process, in arbitrations and mediations as well as in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts.
Mr. Bradley also maintains an active pro bono practice, including:
- The successful representation of an asylum petitioner. The petition was a minor from a South American country, where he had suffered terrible domestic abuse, and he is now a path to citizenship.
- The representation of a victim of domestic violence and her family in a (pending) application for a U-Visa under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.
- Drafting of a guide for nonprofit corporate governance, and presentations on that subject.
- Service as trial counsel in numerous single-day jury trials as part of the Houston municipal court program.
Mr. Bradley received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the N.Y.U. School of Law in 2007, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He served as the editor in chief of the N.Y.U. Journal of International Law & Politics from 2007 to 2008 and received an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from N.Y.U. in 2008. At law school, he was recognized as a Furman Academic Scholar, as well as an Institute for International Law & Justice Scholar, and was awarded the Jerome Lipper Prize for Outstanding Work in the Field of International Law. After graduation, Mr. Bradley clerked in Austin, Texas, for Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the United States of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the Texas and New York bars.
Mr. Bradley holds a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Classics from Princeton University, as well as master's and doctorate degrees in English Literature from the University of Oxford. He grew up in the Dallas area.