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• Christopher King is a leading member of the firm’s Securities and Commodities Litigation Practice Group and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Group. He has defended enforcement actions around the country at both the trial and appellate level. As lead counsel, he has won landmark decisions limiting regulators’ ability to recover restitution for customer losses in CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) enforcement actions, and key rulings against efforts to regulate the foreign currency spot market.
• Mr. King leads the firm’s appellate practice and has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th, 7th, 10th, and 11th Circuits, as well as at the State level in Florida and Illinois.
• Mr. King has represented international clients from Switzerland, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela in both federal and state court.
• Mr. King has extensive trial experience in securities litigation, as well as in commercial and civil disputes both large and small.

Bar Admissions

• The Florida Bar
• Dade County Bar Association

Court Admissions

• Florida State Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Background

• Judicial Clerkship, Honorable Norman C. Roettger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1997-2000)

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida (J.D., honors, 1997)
  • Journal of Law and Public Policy, Editor
• Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,1994)

Languages

• English

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