Christopher focuses his practice on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, workouts, and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosure litigation, international commercial arbitration, and asset recovery. He routinely represents institutional lenders, bankruptcy trustees, floor plan lenders, pharmaceutical distributors, creditors’ committees, property managers, and other business entities.
He strives to advocate persistently and effectively on his clients’ behalf and to advise them on how to achieve their desired outcomes in a sound, creative, and cost-effective way. Having previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Bruce I. Fox, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Chris often considers a case from a judge’s perspective and then formulates the best strategy for aggressively advancing his client’s interests.
Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Columbia College, Columbia University, A.B.
Honorable Bruce I. Fox, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
Member, Camden County Bar Association
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Named to the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” list by Thomson Reuters for creditor/debtor rights (2021-2023)*
Named to “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” list for Litigation – Bankruptcy by Best Lawyers® (2021-2024)*
Named to “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” list for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law by Best Lawyers® (2024)*
Press Release, “Klehr Harrison Receives Favorable Decision in Securities Fraud Case from Pennsylvania Supreme Court,” July 25, 2023
Author, “Under Financial Pressure, Colleges Face a Complex Balancing Act in the Weeks Ahead,” August 14, 2020
Author, “NJ Now Prohibits the Use of Confessed Judgments in Financing Agreements Targeted at Garden State Businesses,” June 20, 2020
Author, “Using PPP Proceeds as Collateral for Other Loans—Implications for Borrowers and Secured Lenders,” April 17, 2020