Chris Cantrell has been practicing law since 2003 and is licensed in California and Alabama. Mr. Cantrell’s career has focused on representing people in mass injury lawsuits and consumer class actions.
Mr. Cantrell has extensive experience in complex class actions, including representing hundreds of thousands of primary care physicians in one of the most significant class actions in United States history, In re: Managed Care Litigation (MDL 1334 SD Fla.). In this important class action, Mr. Cantrell’s former firm represented primary care physicians in a RICO class action against the nation’s largest health insurance providers who were systematically defrauding these physicians of payments owed using a sophisticated software system.
Mr. Cantrell has also worked on several antitrust matters, including In re: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig., (MDL 1782 ED Pa) and In re: Platinum and Palladium Litigation (SDNY), where Mr. Cantrell’s firm represented a class of platinum and palladium investors who suffered losses due to an alleged conspiracy between MF Global and one of the country’s largest hedge funds to artificially inflate the prices of investment-grade platinum and palladium by engaging in fraudulent trading in the final moments of the NYMEX trading day, also commonly called “banging the close.” Mr. Cantrell’s firm secured a settlement that resulted in investors recovering more than 100% of their losses.
Mr. Cantrell has represented consumers in other class actions against Apple, Inc., Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics. Mr. Cantrell also represented numerous individuals and families who lost homes, personal property, and businesses in the 2007 San Diego County wildfires.
Mr. Cantrell also devotes a substantial portion of his practice to representing individuals harmed by defective pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Over the years, he has represented thousands of injured men and women in cases involving Pelvic Mesh, Vioxx, DePuy Hip Implants, Mirena IUD, Ephedrine, Oxycontin, Fentanyl Time-Released Patches, Baycol, Medtronic ICD Batteries, Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads, Lipitor, Fen-Phen, Kugel Hernia Mesh Patches, and Prempro.
Mr. Cantrell is admitted to practice in state and federal courts throughout California, including the US District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California and the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama. Mr. Cantrell is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth and Eleventh Circuits and the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Mr. Cantrell graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with degrees in criminal justice and chemistry. He earned his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2003. While attending the University of Alabama School of Law, Mr. Cantrell served as a Campbell Moot Court board member.