Christina Vitale

Areas of Focus

• Investigations – internal and external, civil and criminal (e.g., co-led the independent investigation of Oklahoma death penalty case State v. Glossip; lead investigator of sexual abuse claims)
• Complex commercial litigation
• Class actions
• Internal and external investigations
• Life sciences and health litigation
• Pharmaceutical litigation
• Products liability litigation
• Trials
• Banking and financial services litigation and enforcement actions
• Consumer credit actions

Christina undertakes complex investigations, both internally and externally, for clients, litigates complex matters and class actions before U.S. state and federal courts, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and financial services, investigations, banking enforcement actions, and consumer protection issues. She also represents clients before federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller, and state attorneys general. Christina offers experience handling complex and sensitive investigations (both internal and external), sexual abuse allegations and misconduct, consumer protection and unfair business and deceptive trade practices; healthcare and life sciences product liability litigation; bankruptcy-related litigation and claims issues; forensic accounting issues; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; the Fair Credit Reporting Act; state unfair competition and deceptive trade practices laws; public nuisance and product liability issues; as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2024

• Speaker, “So sue me: How to tactically defend against consumer class actions,” Retail Law Conference presented by Retail Litigation Center/Retail Industry Leaders Association (October 2017)
• Co-Author, “Making Sense Of 9th Circ. Spokeo Decision On Remand,” Law360 (September 2017)
• Co-Author, “CFPB Offers Guidance on Deferred-Interest Programs and Disclosures,” National Law Review (July 2017)
• Co-Author, “How FERC Is Fueling New Merchant Transmission Projects,” Law360 (February 2013)
• Co-Author, “Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Refines Priority Rights to Participant-Funded Transmission,” National Law Review (January 2013)
• Co-Author, “FERC Denies Market-Based Rate Application,” National Law Review (May 2012)