Chris Barwick
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Disputes & Investigations
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Class Actions
- Lobbying & Public Policy
- Assists clients in complex commercial disputes and investigations.
- Advises on intergovernmental disputes and policy issues.
- Former U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein staffer.
Chris is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. He assists clients in a variety of litigation matters.
Chris was an Akin Pro Bono Scholar and currently serves on the firm’s California Pro Bono Committee.
Prior to earning his J.D. degree, Chris was a Field Representative for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. After his first year of law school, Chris interned with Public Counsel’s Center for Veterans’ Advancement.
Chris earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He was a legal writing and advocacy fellow, a public interest scholar, and a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program.
- Representing an investment fund in a securities class action relating to its investment in an oral vaccine manufacturer.
- Represented an SEC Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) filing agent in connection with a DOJ investigation regarding a cybersecurity breach of the client’s computer systems and resulting alleged insider trading based on material nonpublic information (MNPI) associated with the client’s customers. The alleged hacker / trader was indicted and ultimately sentenced. No charges were filed against the client, which was identified as a principal victim of the hack, and the client was not named in the public action taken by the government.
- Represented a Southern California city in a dispute with a major state agency.
- Advised an international engineering and construction management company on a $54 million 5-year construction project contract bid before the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors.
- Representing a wrongly incarcerated individual petitioning for compensation for the time he was wrongly incarcerated.
EducationJ.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2022
B.A., Brown University, 2016
J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2022
B.A., Brown University, 2016
Bar AdmissionsCalifornia
California
- Akin 2024 Los Angeles Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.
- Akin 2020 Pro Bono Scholar.
- Public Counsel Leadership Council.
- Former Field Representative for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein.
- Member of Akin’s California Pro Bono Committee.
