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 | Chris S. CoutroulisChair, Firmwide Business Litigation and Trade Regulation Practice Group
Carlton Fields, P.A. 4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000 Tampa, Florida
33607-5736 (Hillsborough Co.)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3239, Tampa, FL, 33601-3239
Telephone: 813-229-4301 Fax: 813-229-4133 http://www.carltonfields.com/ccoutroulis/
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| Practice Areas | Class Action Defense; Antitrust; Business and Commercial Litigation; Accountant Malpractice; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation | | | Education | Columbia University, J.D., 1979, Wesleyan University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975 | | | Admitted | 1980, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | American Bar Association (Vertical Restraints Sub-Committee, Antitrust Section, Past Chair); The Florida Bar (Antitrust and Trade Regulation Certification Committee, Business Law Section); Hillsborough County Bar Association; Leadership Tampa; William Glenn Terrell Inn of Court, Master; American Law Institute. | | | Born | Englewood, New Jersey, 1953 | | | Biography | Co-Author: "Back to the Future: Toward a More Rigorous Analysis of Antitrust Class Actions," Antitrust Bulletin (2003). Co-Author: "Checkmate in Class Actions: Defensive Strategy in Initial Moves," Litigation Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 2, Tactics Edition (Winter 2002). Co-Author: "The Pass-On Problem In Indirect Purchaser Class Litigation," The 44 Antitrust Bulletin 179 (Spring 1999). Contributing Writer: "Antitrust & Law Developments," supplement (1993). Contributing Writer: "Antitrust Law Developments" third edition. Author: "Collaboration Prompted By Competition Concerns," 61 Antitrust Law Journal 391 (1993). Author: "Developments in Robinson Patman Law," Antitrust Law Journal 58 443 (1989). Author: "The Increasingly Pivotal Competitive Injury Requirement in Secondary Line Cases under the Robinson-Patman Act: Relevant Factors in Today's Environment," 57 Antitrust Law Journal 935 (1988). Co-Author: "Treble Damages Remedy," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Journal (1986). Speaker, 2006 ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, McCarran-Ferguson Immunity, the Gilchrist decision and implications in other contexts. Speaker, 2000 National CLE Conference, Vail, Colorado: Speaker on High Hurdles in Certifying Indirect Purchaser Class Actions. Speaker, 1998 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, The Cutting Edge Seminar: Speaker on Indirect Purchaser Price Fixing Litigation. Speaker, 1994 American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, New Orleans: Speaker on Dealing with Big Buyers Under the Robinson-Patman Act. Speaker, 1992 American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco: Speaker on Dealer/Franchisee Collaboration. Speaker, 1990 & 1991 American Bar Association, Spring Meeting, Antitrust Law Section, Washington, D.C.: Speaker on Fundamentals of Antitrust Law. Speaker, 1989 Northwestern University 2 Day Antitrust Seminar: Speaker on Living With the Robinson-Patman Act. Speaker, 1989 American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division: Speaker on Price-Discrimination. Speaker, 1989 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Hawaii: Speaker on Antitrust Developments Under the Robinson-Patman Act. Speaker, 1988 American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada: Speaker on Competitive Injury Under the Robinson-Patman Act. Selected to Inaugural Committee of The Florida Bar for Antitrust and Trade Regulation Board Certification. Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers (Antitrust and General Commercial Litigation). Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. Listed in Florida Trend magazine's Florida Legal Elite issue. Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers, also named on the Florida Super Lawyers' Top 100 List. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.(Board Certified Antitrust and Trade Regulation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) | | | Reported Cases | In re: Agricultural Chemicals, 1995-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,197 (N.D. Fla. 1995); In re: ESM Government Securities, Inc. v. Gonzalez, 52 B.R. 372 (S.D. Fla. 1985); Execu-Tech Business Systems, Inc. v. Appleton Papers Inc., 1999-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 72,395 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Henry v. Chloride, Inc., 809 F.2d 1335 (8th Cir. 1987); Metropolitan Dade County v. Florida Power Corp., Case No. 96-594 (S.D. Fla. June 25, 1998) (unpublished; granting summary judgment in alleged monopolization case); National Bancard Corp. (NaBanco) v. VISA U.S.A., 596 F. Supp. 1231 (S.D. Fla. 1984), aff'd, 779 F.2d 592 (11th Cir. 1986); Riddle v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 1992 WL 81321 (M.D. Fla. 1992); Mills v. Stauffer Chemical Company, (M.D. Fla. May 12, 1999) (unpublished; denying class certification of putative class of property owners adjacent to superfund site); Texas v. Zeneca Inc., 1997-2 Trade Cases Sectopm 71,888 (N.D. Tex. 1997); Hoyte v. Stauffer Chemical Company, 2002 WL 31892830; Ronnie Lee Jones v. State of Florida, 740 So.2d 520, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S290; Linda Gilchrist v. State Farm, et al, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C41a; Grimes v. Fairfield Resorts, Inc. (M.D. Fla. April 27, 2006). | | | ISLN | 908158360 | |
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