Locke Lord

Chris Boeck has over ten years of experience with complex commercial litigation and arbitration.  His practice focuses on consumer finance and intellectual property litigation, as well as contractual and transactional dispute resolution.  Chris has trial experience defending and prosecuting litigation in Texas state and federal courts, recently achieving a $3.9 million jury verdict and judgment for his client in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Chris also has extensive experience defending and prosecuting claims in arbitration, recently achieving a $2 million award for his client from a three-arbitrator panel in Atlanta, Georgia.  Chris has defended appeals of judgments for his clients in the Dallas, Texas Court of Appeals, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and recently in the United States Supreme Court. 

Representative Experience

• Representation of mortgage lenders and servicers in state and federal court in individual and putative class-action litigation
• Representation of mortgage lenders, servicers, and investors in breach of contract, tort, TILA, RESPA, FDCPA, FCRA, unfair and deceptive practices, and mortgage-fraud litigation
• Representation of entities in cases involving receivers, injunctions, TROs, prejudgment writs of attachment, and garnishments
• Prosecuting and defending civil litigation for clients involving trademark, copyright, cyber-piracy, false advertising, and defamation claims
• Prosecuting international civil litigation for Moroccan mining company involving claims in excess of $30 million relating to failures of giant-sized industrial tires
• Prosecuting claims for breach of contract pertaining to multi-million-dollar telecommunications service contract
• Defending construction companies and sureties in multi-party litigation involving claims between general contractor, subcontractors, second-tier subcontractors, and surety company

Professional Affiliations and Recognitions

• Named, Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine (2015)
• Member, Texas Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Dallas Subcommittee
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Dallas Area Young Lawyers
• National Runner-Up, 2005 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition for Appellate Advocacy