Christopher is a Shareholder in Fenton & Keller’s trust and estate practice group and provides representation in every aspect of trust, probate, and conservatorship litigation, including financial elder abuse actions, trust contests, will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, recovery of trust and estate assets, removal and surcharge actions, contested conservatorships, reformation and modification actions, accounting disputes, and related civil litigation. Christopher has successfully represented trustees, beneficiaries, professional fiduciaries, family fiduciaries, spouses, children, siblings, and other heirs in obtaining favorable resolutions of their disputes at every stage of litigation, including trial.
Prior to joining Fenton & Keller, Christopher was an Associate with Sheppard Mullin’s and Hopkins & Carley’s Trust and Estate Litigation practices, and with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, where he represented public agencies in both federal and state courts in all stages of litigation. Christopher also served as Deputy City Attorney for the cities of Pacifica and St. Helena.
Christopher currently serves as the Board Chair of the Arts Council for Monterey County, a nonprofit seeking to improve the quality of everyone in the Monterey County region through the arts, and on the Board of Directors of Legal Services for Seniors in Monterey, California. Christopher also previously served as Secretary of the East Garrison Community Services District Advisory Committee to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors from 2021 through 2025, and volunteered as a delegate of the Bar Association of San Francisco to the Conference of California Bar Associations, where he regularly debated and advocated for non-partisan legislative solutions for the benefit of all Californians.
During law school, Christopher served as an Extern to the Honorable Otis D. Wright II (United States District Court for the Central District of California), and worked as an Intern for NBCUniversal’s litigation and trademark law teams.
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Principal Areas of Practice
Trust administration and probate disputes, business and employment litigation, and intellectual property.
Education
- New York University, B.A., 2010
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2015
Professional Qualifications and Activities
- Admitted to the California Bar in December 2015
- Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Accredited attorney with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Memberships
- Trusts & Estates Section, California Lawyers Association
- Monterey County Bar Association
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