Michael Christin

Associate

mchristin@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Tel: 202.662.5691


 

Practices

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2010
    • cum laude
    • Maryland Law Review, Articles Editor
  • James Madison University, B.S., 2003

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland


Mike Christin is an associate in the litigation group.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Christin was a paralegal for four years.  In that role he supported attorneys in numerous practice groups including general litigation, energy regulation, and mergers & acquisitions.

Mr. Christin worked for several years as a specialty statistician for CBS Sports, calculating, researching, and analyzing on-air statistics for live national broadcasts of NFL games.  He is a native Washingtonian and graduated from Gonzaga College High School.

Representative Matters

  • Internal FCPA investigations on behalf of multinational companies in the financial services and health sectors
  • Representation of a multinational financial services company in connection with the development of a global anti-corruption corporate compliance program
  • Representation of a pharmaceutical manufacturer in industry-wide lawsuits alleging pricing fraud
  • Drafted client manual covering the challenges of e-discovery and potentially relevant case law

Previous Experience

  • United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Intern, Public Fraud and Corruption
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judicial Intern, the Honorable Paul L. Friedman

Pro Bono

  • Representing a plaintiff who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for over 20 years in a federal civil rights action.

Publications and Speeches

  • "Trends and Developments in Anti-Corruption Enforcement," Covington E-Alert (February 2012), Co-Author
  • "E-Discovery Trends and Developments for 2011," Webinar (2/16/2011)
  • "Note, Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc.: How to Utilize Rule 502 to Prevent Inadvertent Disclosure and Reduce Discovery Costs in an Age of Electronically Stored Information," 68 Md. L. Rev. Endnotes 87 (2009), Author
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