Christopher Greenleaf

Partner

Chris.Greenleaf@lewisbrisbois.com

Christopher Greenleaf is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice. His practice is focused on business litigation including serving as lead trial counsel in landlord-tenant disputes, and providing counsel to hotels, property management companies, educational institutions, and property owners on a variety of landlord-tenant and habitability issues. Mr. Greenleaf has more than 25 years of litigation experience. He handles the following types of matters:

  • General business litigation including contract disputes through trial
  • Real estate law
  • Landlord-tenant law including unlawful detainer, wrongful eviction, and habitability cases through trial
  • Advising clients on landlord-tenant issues
  • Collection of judgments and pursuit of pretrial collection remedies including writs of possession and writs of attachment
  • Trade secret litigation
  • Corporate and partnership disputes
  • Banking litigation including letter of credit disputes

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Complex Business & Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • COVID-19: Commercial & Contractual Litigation Disputes
  • Real Estate & Land Use

Additional Experience

Admissions

California

Professional Presentations

Lectured to various banking organizations concerning letters of credit

Education

University of Southern California

Juris Doctor, 1993

  • Southern California Law Review

University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 1990

Publications

  • The Holder-in-due-Course Exemption to the Fraud Exception to Compelled Honor Under Revised Article 5, 115 BANKING LAW JOURNAL, January 1998
  • Making Interrogatory Responses Binding Judicial Admissions, LOS ANGELES LAWYER, December 1997