Christopher Meeks

Partner

Christopher.Meeks@lewisbrisbois.com

Christopher Meeks is a partner in the Atlanta office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation Practices. Mr. Meeks has extensive experience claim counseling and litigating in a wide variety of insurance coverage areas including: general liability, pollution, construction defect, first party property, employment, professional liability, errors & omissions, public entity liability, surplus lines, asbestos and toxic torts. He also handles extra-contractual claims and suits.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith Litigation
  • Appellate
  • COVID-19: Insurance Coverage
  • Asbestos Litigation

Admissions

Georgia

Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia

United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Associations

Member of the American Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee

Professional Presentations

  • Co-Presenter, “It’s Too Late Baby Now It’s Too Late: New Developments with the Notice/Prejudice Rule in Late Notice Cases in Both Claims Made and Occurrence Policies,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, 2018
  • Program Chair, “Prying Eyes:  Protecting the Confidentiality of Defense and Claim Files,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, 2017

Education

Emory University School of Law

Juris Doctor, honors, 2008

  • Order of the Coif

The Georgia Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, highest honors, 2005

Community Activities

Volunteer Attorney for The Georgia Justice Project’s Criminal Records Program

Publications

  • Co-author, “It’s Too Late Baby Now It’s Too Late: New Developments with the Notice/Prejudice Rule in Late Notice Cases in Both Claims Made and Occurrence Policies,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, 2018
  • Co-author, “Prying Eyes:  Protecting the Confidentiality of Defense and Claim Files,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, 2017
  • Co-author, “‘Waiving’ Goodbye to Coverage Defenses:  Litigating the Effect of Denial Letters,” Coverage Journal, Winter 2015