Christian has practiced with Starnes Davis Florie since 1997, opening the firm’s Mobile, Alabama office in 2001. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Christian’s practice is devoted entirely to civil litigation, including healthcare litigation, professional medical liability and construction. He has tried numerous civil cases to jury verdict and is also experienced in arbitration.
Professional Recognition
•Named a Rising Star for the state of Alabama by Alabama Super Lawyers magazine
•Listed in Best Lawyers in America . In addition, Best Lawyers in America has named Christian Hines “Mobile Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer of the Year” for 2021 & 2023
•AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.
Highlights
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of Defendant medical group, holding the Plaintiff’s unopposed dismissal “on the merits” of all claims against the group’s physician/agent based on the statute of limitations properly also justified the entry of judgment in favor of the principal/group on the sole claim for vicarious liability asserted against it.
Following a six-day trial, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a plastic surgeon in a case involving post-operative complications from mesh used during the surgical procedure, which was chest reconstruction following breast cancer.Obtained defense verdict in a medical malpractice on behalf of a family medicine physician in a prolonged 8-week trial with multiple defendants.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a family medicine physician in a wrongful death suit, where the physician was accused of failing to diagnose diverticulitis, peritonitis and sepsis.
•Obtained a defense verdict for an Emergency Room Physician after an emotional nine day trial centering on the death of a two year old boy.
•Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an OB-GYN, who was charged with negligently delivering an infant during a labor complicated by shoulder dystocia, thereby resulting in permanent injury.
•Obtained a defense verdict in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama for an orthopedic surgeon charged with placing a plate directly over a patient’s radial nerve during an open reduction and internal fixation procedure performed to treat the patient’s severe humeral fracture.
•Obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case alleging that a cardiothoracic surgeon negligently cut the subclavian artery during cardiac bypass surgery.
•Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an Emergency Department physician in an eleven day wrongful death trial in the Circuit Court of Mobile County.
•Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a surgeon accused of causing significant complications following a gastro-intestinal bypass procedure.
Presentations and Publications
•“OSHA in the Healthcare World- What We Have Learned from COVID Inspections and What to Expect in the Future,” Webinar hosted by IADC, April 20, 2022.
•Keeping Up with the Technology: Constant Changes Perpetually Impact the Practice of Medicine and Create Liability Risks , IADC Medical Defense and Health Law Committee Newsletter (June 2020).
•“Alabama Litigation Overview,” Practical Law Litigations (Summer 2016; Updated Spring 2018).
•“Responding to a Complaint: Alabama Q&A, ” Practical Law Litigation (Summer 2015).
•“Responding to Discovery Subpoenas: Alabama,” Practical Law Litigation (Spring 2015).
•A Pleading Delayed May Mean Justice Denied: Amended Pleading Under Alabama Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 69, No. 4 (July 2008).
News & Insights
• Starnes Davis Florie Obtains Multiple Appellate Victories
•35 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2026
•33 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2025
•30 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2024
•SDF’S AXON, EZELLE & HINES NAMED BEST LAWYERS “2023 LAWYER OF THE YEAR”
•30 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2023
•SDF Attorneys MacKenzie & Hines Obtain Defense Verdict in 6-Day Trial
•Starnes Attorneys Reese & Hines Secure Favorable Arbitration Ruling for a Rehab Facility
•29 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2022
•Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2021
•Richard Davis, Joe Miller & Christian Hines Named Best Lawyers”2021 Lawyer of the Year”
•Chamberlain, Eagan & Hines Publish Article in IADC’s Medical Defense & Health Law Newsletter
•Thirty SDF Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers 2020
•SDF Attorneys Hines and Axon Obtain Defense Verdict After 8 Weeks of Trial
•Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Sellers & Hines Obtain Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case
•Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in Mobile County Following a 9 Day Trial
•Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Successfully Defend Obstetrician in Mobile County
•Twenty-Two Starnes Attorneys Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers
•Twenty Starnes Attorneys Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers
•Wright & Hines Obtain Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon
