Christopher T. Sheean
312-222-8559 direct
csheean@smbtrials.com

Born Detroit, Michigan, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois, United States District Courts, Northern (including Trial Bar), Central and Southern Districts of Illinois; 2002, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2004, United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 1999, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Education:
University of Arizona (B.A., 1989)
University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992)
  Executive Editor, The Arizona Law Review (1991-1992)
  Outstanding Advocate, Moot Court (1989-1990)
  Ares Fellow (1990-1991)

Member:
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation and Business Disputes
Intellectual Property
Toxic Tort Litigation

Publications:
“Misappropriation of Non-Trade Secret Information Actions,”
  DRI’s For The Defense (2008)
“Illinois Trade Secrets Law,” Compendium on Trade Secrets
  and Non-Compete Clauses, DRI Publications (2008)
“Strategies for Defeating Class Certification in Mass Tort
  Cases,” Exploring Toxic Tort and Environmental Liability
  Claims, DRI Publications (2007)
“Defending Trade Secrets Claims,” DRI Defending
  Intellectual Property Compendium, Vol. 2, DRI
  Publications (2007)