Christopher E. La Chance

Christopher La Chance is a Senior Attorney and serves as Assistant General Counsel. He is based in San Francisco and regularly advises the firm on the rules of professional responsibility, ethics, conflicts of interest, legal compliance and other sensitive risk management issues.

Professional Qualifications and Activities

Mr. La Chance was formerly an associate in the Corporate and Securities department at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. in Palo Alto, and in the Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Group at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in Chicago.

Education

• J.D., Columbia Law School, 1998, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Principal Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review
• A.B., University of Chicago, 1994, with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert R. Beezer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Admissions

• California
• Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Memberships

• Member, Cato Institute
• Member, Federalist Society
• Member, American Bar Association