Christopher J. Maner

Government Investigation and Internal Investigation Matters

• Currently representing multinational company in DOJ and SEC investigations of alleged FCPA violations.
• Currently representing global company in criminal securities fraud investigation.
• Represented global mining company in DOJ and SEC investigations of alleged FCPA violations in Africa resulting in DOJ declination and SEC administrative resolution.
• Represented Fortune 100 technology and manufacturing company in DOJ and SEC investigations of alleged FCPA violations in Brazil resulting in DPA and SEC administrative resolution.
• Represented aerospace company in securities fraud investigation resulting in SEC declination.
• Represented national title insurance company in state antitrust enforcement matter.
• Acted as the Independent Investigator appointed pursuant to a negotiated resolution agreement between the World Bank Group and a major multinational corporation with operations in over 100 countries.
• Represented multiple corporate and individual clients in securities fraud investigations.
• Represented multiple corporate clients in internal investigations.

Commercial Litigation

• State of Florida v. State of Georgia. Trial counsel for the State of Georgia in a rare “original jurisdiction” dispute with Florida in the United States Supreme Court. A five-week bench trial resulted in a Report and Recommendation rejecting Florida’s claim seeking an equitable apportionment of the water flowing from Georgia into Florida.
• Trial counsel for Houston Astros in multiple trials concerning the involuntary bankruptcy commenced against the Houston Regional Sports Network, a partnership between the Astros, Comcast, and the Houston Rockets.
• Counsel for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in breach of contract dispute.
• Counsel for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in consumer protection class action lawsuit.
• Counsel for Performance Food Group in arbitration in breach of contract dispute.

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. McCrory. Trial counsel on behalf of plaintiffs who successfully challenged 2013 North Carolina statute that restricted voting opportunities and burdened the right to vote for African-Americans in violation of both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution by requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls, eliminating same-day voter registration and student pre-registration, and shortening the early voting period. Second-chair trial counsel for the six-day bench trial focused on the law’s photo ID provision.

Counsel for refugee seeking asylum in the United States.

Recipient of a Kirkland & Ellis Pro Bono Service Award 2013–2016