Christopher A. Cole
Partner and Co-Chair, Advertising and Brand Litigation
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Christopher A. Cole is one of the best advertising lawyers in the country. He is the co-chair of Katten, Muchin & Rosenman’s Advertising and Brand Litigation Practice Group and has represented clients in a wide variety of industry sectors, including food and beverage, telecommunications, technology, appliance, paper and packaging, and hospitality. Mr. Cole is well-known for prosecuting and defending advertising battles and has been central to many of the “wars” that have engulfed segments of the industry over the years, such as the “aspirin wars,” the soup wars”, the “vacuum wars” and the “beer wars.”
Chambers & Partners quotes clients who have described Mr. Cole as “an exceptional lawyer,” “a superstar,” a “huge leader at the Bar,” and as “always having his clients’ best interests at heart.” He is also one of only two lawyers in the country to achieve a Chambers Tier 1 band for NAD work.
Mr. Cole hold degrees in biology (Yale, B.S.) and marine biology (University of Miami, M.S.) and has substantial experience in the principles of scientific research, in particular ecology and environmental matters. This background, combined with over three decades of work in Washington, D.C., the nation’s epicenter of law creation and rulemaking, have combined to give Mr. Cole perspective regarding the intertwined regulatory and litigation environments.
Chris is on the Board of Directors of the Yale Alumni Fund, where he chairs the Nomination Committee. He is also co-chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Consumer Protection Committee and a member of the American Bar Foundation.
Chambers & Partners quotes clients who have described Mr. Cole as “an exceptional lawyer,” “a superstar,” a “huge leader at the Bar,” and as “always having his clients’ best interests at heart.” He is also one of only two lawyers in the country to achieve a Chambers Tier 1 band for NAD work.
Mr. Cole hold degrees in biology (Yale, B.S.) and marine biology (University of Miami, M.S.) and has substantial experience in the principles of scientific research, in particular ecology and environmental matters. This background, combined with over three decades of work in Washington, D.C., the nation’s epicenter of law creation and rulemaking, have combined to give Mr. Cole perspective regarding the intertwined regulatory and litigation environments.
Chris is on the Board of Directors of the Yale Alumni Fund, where he chairs the Nomination Committee. He is also co-chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Consumer Protection Committee and a member of the American Bar Foundation.