Curriculum vitae

Christopher Hapka
Haverford, PA
chris@hapka.com
email for address and telephone number

Education

Columbia Law School, New York, NY. J.D., May 2003.
Stone scholar, 2001, 2002, 2003; Harper prize in intellectual property, 2003

Yale University, New Haven, CT. B.A., English, May 1995.

Experience

Fellheimer & Eichen LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate, July 2010 – Present
Acted as lead or sole attorney on varied corporate disputes, including litigation, contract and settlement negotiations, and client planning and strategy; clients included medical practices.

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate, June 2006 – March 2010
Litigated complex commercial cases, focusing on pharmaceutical industry, antitrust and class action matters. Represented and advised clients including pharmaceutical wholesalers and health care provider groups on matters including HIPAA practices and policies, average wholesale drug price litigation, employment law, and class action defense.

Kaye Scholer LLC, New York, New York
Associate, intellectual property litigation, September 2003 – June 2006
Represented pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, research institutions, and medical device manufacturers in patent litigation, Hatch-Waxman litigation, and compliance matters.

Columbia University, New York, New York
Research assistant, Fall 2002
Intellectual property research for Professors Jane Ginsburg and June Besek.
Teaching assistant, Summer 2001 – Spring 2002
Research, editing and teaching responsibilities for Professor Avery Katz.

Apple Computer, Redwood City and Cupertino, California
Technical Writer/Technical Editor, January 1998 – July 2000
Documented developer tools, APIs, and programming techniques for enterprise clients. Wrote and edited on-line and printed documentation and managed support database.
Technical Support Engineer, February 1997 – January 1998
Provided development and technical support to enterprise software developers.

Maxpeed Corporation, Foster City, California
Manager, Technical Support Department, February 1996 – February 1997
Recruited and trained support staff; strategic planning and implementation.
Technical Support Engineer, June 1995 – February 1996
Provided hardware and software support for enterprise clients.

Academic

American Mock Trial Association
Criminal Case Committee, 2013-present
Developed case materials used by university mock trial teams nationwide.

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
Instructor, Distance Learning, Spring 2012
Taught legal technology and practice management course for paralegal students.

Columbia University, New York, New York
Research assistant, Fall 2002
Intellectual property research for Professors Jane Ginsburg and June Besek.
Teaching assistant, Summer 2001 – Spring 2002
Research, editing and teaching responsibilities for Professor Avery Katz.

Publications

Soccer Litigation Tests Relationships Between Teams, Leagues, in Sports Litigation Alert, Vol. 7, issue 2 (February 12, 2010)

From Fraser v. MLS to American Needle: Antitrust Law and the "Single Entity" Sports League, in Bloomberg Law Reports Antitrust & Trade, Vol. 2 No. 9, at 12 (September 2009)

Editor, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Antitrust and Trade Regulation Handbook (2nd Ed. 2009)

When the Lawyer-Employee Is the Defendant, Who Pays the Bill? A Survey of Corporate Indemnification for In-House Counsel, in Legal Ethics for In-House Corporate Counsel, Corporate Practice Series No. 87 (2007, with S. Bizar)

Admissions
Admitted to practice in New York and Pennsylvania.
References
Available upon request.
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