Chris Meyer evaluates and manages claims against member firms arising under ALAS’s professional liability, employment, and management policies.
Chris works closely with ALAS member firms and defense counsel to respond to and resolve claims. Chris helps firms and their counsel evaluate risk, gauge potential liability, develop effective litigation strategies, negotiate favorable settlements, and offer guidance on risk management issues and claims-handling procedures.
Before joining ALAS, Chris was a partner in the litigation group at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago. In private practice, Chris was a versatile litigator with experience in all phases of litigation, including discovery, dispositive motion practice, class action procedures, settlement negotiation, trial, and appellate work. Chris focused on the defense of class action lawsuits, ERISA litigation, and complex commercial disputes, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Chris also served on Sidley’s Associate Compensation Committee and co-chaired Sidley’s University of Chicago Law School recruiting team.
