Christopher Scott D’Angelo
Partner
- Office
- New York · Philadelphia
- Phone
- 215-772-7397
Overview
Christopher D’Angelo is a partner in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department, where he chairs the firm’s Product Liability, Toxic Torts and Catastrophic Events Practice Group and its International Business Practice Group. He helps companies in the United States and abroad manage litigation risk in commercial, product liability and cross-border disputes.
Christopher serves as national counsel for several multinational and domestic companies in business and products liability litigation, and as regional counsel for a multinational insurance company. His clients range from Fortune 50 companies to privately held businesses in industries including medical devices and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, construction, transportation and consumer products.
In Depth
Christopher Scott D'Angelo is a partner in Montgomery McCracken's Litigation Department and Chair of Montgomery McCracken's Product Liability, Toxic Torts and Catastrophic Events Practice Group and of the firm's International Business Practice Group. His practice emphasizes litigation and preventive counseling in the fields of business and business torts, intellectual property, class actions, products liability and construction, including in his role as national counsel for several major U.S. clients and his representation of foreign concerns in the United States and United States concerns abroad, as well as litigation and other matters in the probate courts.
Christopher serves as national counsel for several multinational and domestic companies regarding business and products liability litigation and regional counsel for a multinational insurance company for products liability and other litigation. His representative clients range from Fortune 50 companies to nascent or well-established privately held companies, based in the United States and abroad. The industries in which Christopher has experience range from medical devices and pharmaceuticals, to chemicals, manufacturing and industrial equipment, automotive and other vehicles, railroad equipment, computers, construction (builders, architects and manufacturers of tools, machinery, building systems and building materials), shipbuilding, transportation, robotics and other electronics, amusements and sporting goods, children's products, food and food supplements and consumer and household products.
Christopher is working with the EU Commission and members of the European Parliament with regard to proposals for collective redress in Europe, and has been involved in the reform of Brussels I.
Christopher received his B.A. with distinction, and with Honors in History (1975) and J.D. (1978) from the University of Virginia. As an undergraduate, he was a co-founder of The Declaration, a newsweekly; held several offices in Sigma Phi Society; was on the business staff of The Cavalier Daily; and was a member of The Virginia Players. In law school he served as counsel to the University’s Honor and Judiciary Committees.
How Christopher Helps
- National counsel in product liability litigation
- Toxic tort and catastrophic event defense
- Business and business tort litigation
- Class action defense
- Cross-border matters for foreign and U.S. companies
- Preventive counseling for manufacturers and businesses
The Record
Credentials
Admitted to Practice
- Court of Appeals of the State of New York
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States Tax Court
Selected Speaking Engagements
- January 2020 Speaker “Toxic Torts & Emerging Risks” British Institute of International and Comparative Law
- February 2019 Speaker “GDPR: Nine Months Later – The Impact in the EU on Enforcement and Compliance and in the US on Discovery” Midyear Meeting of the International Association of Defense Counsel
- October 2017 Speaker “The Potential Reach of U.S. Sanctions on Asian Affiliates” Asia Meeting of the International Association of Defense Counsel
- June 2017 Speaker “U.S. experience, exposures and prognosis in pollution and asbestos claims” Spring Technical Meeting of the International Alliance of Asbestos & Pollution Reinsurers (IntAP)
- October 2016 Speaker and Moderator “Data Privacy – No More Safe Harbour: Cross-Border Discovery and Compliance with Data Protection Laws” International Corporate Counsel College
- June 2016 Speaker “U.S. experience, exposures and prognosis in pollution and asbestos claims” Spring Technical Meeting of the International Alliance of Asbestos & Pollution Reinsurers (IntAP)
- February 2016 Speaker “Class Actions in Europe: 2015 Update and the Road Ahead” American Bar Association Section of Litigation Roundtable
- October 2015 Speaker and Moderator “EU Private Actions Reforms & UK (Collective) Damages Claims – a whole new world?” International Corporate Counsel College
- March 2015 Speaker “What the European Union Is Doing with Collective Redress or Class Actions” 12th National Conference on Class Actions of the Barreau du Québec
- November 2014 Speaker “Information Governance” International Corporate Counsel College
- July 2014 Speaker
- December 2013 Speaker “Coordinating Litigation Efforts Across Borders: Analyzing Product Liability Trends Outside the U.S. and the Impact on U.S.-Based Litigation” American Conference Institute’s 18th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Forum
- November 2013 Speaker “Handling Mass Torts and Multiple Claims Through Mediation or Other Forms of ADR” International Corporate Counsel College, IADC
- May 2012 Speaker “Collective and Other Forms of Multiple/Mass Actions: How Far Are We in the EU Member States and the EU and How Far Do We Want to Go? Alternative Ways to Deal with Multiple or Mass Claims?” IADC European Meeting
- March 2012 Speaker “Rainmaking Seminar – Practice Development: Marketing and Client Service Strategies for the Civil Defense Lawyer” DRI Conference
- October 2011 Speaker “Class Actions: From “International” Class Actions in America to Collective Redress Mechanisms in Europe. The Latest Developments on the Front” International Corporate Counsel College, International Association of Defense Counsel
- September 2011 Speaker “The Current State of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, and Its Effect on In-House Counsel” Corporate Counsel Symposium, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- May 2011 Speaker “The International Anti-Corruption Legislation: A Comparative Overview of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act and Similar Continental European Legislations” IADC, European Meeting
- February 2011 Speaker “Is Privacy Still an Issue in Today’s World?” IADC, 2011 Mid-Year Conference
- September 2010 Speaker “Ethics: The Erosion of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, and Its Effect On In-House Counsel” Corporate Counsel Symposium, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
- July 2010 Moderator “The Latest Trends in Europe…and Implications for the U.S.” IADC Annual Meeting
- May 2009 Speaker “Collective Redress/Class Action in the European Union: Collective Redress and Class Action – Unequal Brothers or Twins?, Report on the Hearing of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe on Collective Redress, and What did Go Wrong with a Well-meant Idea in the U.S.?” IADC European Conference
- April 2009 Speaker “Proposals for Collective Redress in Europe” Product Liability Advisory Council, Spring Conference
- December 2008 Speaker “Proposals for Collective Redress in Europe” IADC European Conference
- May 2007 Speaker “Class Actions in the United States” Toronto Conference
- 2006 Speaker and Moderator “Rome Convention I and the Proposals for a New Regulation of the European Parliament and Council” IADC European Conference
- 2006 Speaker “International Comparative Analysis of Punitive and Exemplary Damages” IADC Annual Conference
- 2006 Speaker “Recent Developments in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Law” IADC Mid-Year Conference
- 2006 Speaker “Comparative Examination of the Legal Privilege in Australasia, Europe and the U.S.” IADC Mid-Year Conference
- May 2004 Speaker “Product Safety – the U.S. and European Governmental Product Safety Regulations and Standards” Joint International Conference on U.S. and European Perspectives on Product Liability Issues, Employment, Discrimination and Harassment Issues, Directors and Officers Liability, and Insurance and Reinsurance
- 2004 Moderator “Client Relationship Management: Improving the In-house/Outside Counsel Relationship” IADC Annual Conference
- 2003 Speaker “The U.S.A. Patriot Act: Fact or Fiction – An Overview of Concerns” IADC
- 2003 Moderator “If You Think the Patriot Act Doesn’t Apply to You, You’re Wrong! Find Out Why” IADC Annual Conference
- 2002 Moderator “Law and the Media in the Bad Publicity Case” IADC Annual Conference
- April 2002 Speaker “Multinational Jurisdictional and Procedural Issues Created by the Worldwide Web: Litigation in a World Without Boundaries” DRI Techno-Torts Conference
- June 2001 Speaker “An Overview of Damages and The Compensation Scheme in Products Liability Actions in the United States” DRI Second International Product Liability Conference: The Globalization of Products Liability
- December 2001 Speaker “Hot Topics in Products Liability – the New Restatement in Pennsylvania” Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) Seminars
- 1998 Speaker “Caught in the Web – Liabilities and Litigation From Commercial Use of the Internet” IADC Annual Conference
Selected Publications
- June 2023 Co-Author
- April 2023 Author “Drone Usage: Now a Must for Construction Projects” Modern Contractor Solutions Magazine
- September 2022 Author “OSHA Standards Emergency Preparedness Sensible and It’s the Law” Modern Contractor Solutions Magazine
- May 2022 Author “Ransomware Alert: Think Again, and Then Again” Modern Contractor Solutions
- December 2021 Author “Promising Tech: Challenges Bring Opportunities, But...”, Modern Contractor Solutions
- June 2021 Author “Everybody Can Count to 40: Compensable Time – Know What Gets Counted As Paid Time” Modern Contractor Solutions
- October 2020 Author “Financial Responsibility: What About Taxes? 2 Tax Issues to Focus on During the Pandemic” Modern Contractor Solutions
- July 2020 Author “Amid the Pandemic: Construction Sites Moving Forward during the Pandemic” Modern Contractor Solutions
- January 2020 Author “Drone Usage Beneficial on Projects – But They’re Not Toys” Modern Contractor Solutions
- 2019 Co-Author “The Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation, Seventh Edition” American Bar Association
- 2017 Quoted “Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2017” Law360, December 21
- 2016 Co-Author “Defense Counsel Training Manual” International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- April 2016 Co-Author “The International Collapse of OW Bunker” DRI’s For The Defense
- January 2015 Author “It’s All About the Culture . . . and Committing the Resources to Protect It and Yourself” Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor
- June 2014 Co-Author “France and Belgium Adopt Class Actions Spring 2014” IADC Newsletter
- September 2013 Quoted
- August 2013 Quoted “Herbalife Safety Issue Draws Scrutiny” New York Times
- 2014 Co-Author “Multi-National Survey on Legal Privilege” International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- 2012 Co-Author “The Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation, Fifth Edition” American Bar Association
- 2010 Co-Author “International Product Law Manual” Kluwer Law International
- 2009 Co-Author “DRI Fifty-State Compendium on Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements” Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- 2008 Co-Author “The Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation, Fourth Edition” American Bar Association
- 2008 Co-Author “Il Contenzioso di Massa in Italia, in Europa e nel Mondo” (“Mass Litigation in Italy, Europe and the World”), Guiffre Editore, Stati Uniti d’America (Class Actions in the United States of America)
- 2007 Co-Author “Multinational Survey on Legal Privilege” International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- 2006 Co-Author “Awards of Attorney Fees to “Prevailing Parties” in Trademark Cases: Both Sword and Shield for Defendants” Compendium on Defending Intellectual Property Claims, DRI
- 2006 Co-Author “Multi-National and Multi-State Extraordinary Damages Survey” International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- 2006 Co-Author “The Scope and Use of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the U.S. and Its Applicability to Communications at Home and Abroad, 73 Defense Counsel Journal 343 (IADC)
- 1998 Co-Author “Issues Management in the Global Economy: Creating and Managing Documents, 65 Defense Counsel Journal 494, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- 1995 Co-Author “Effect of Compliance or Noncompliance with Applicable Governmental Product Safety Regulations on a Determination of Product Defect” 36 So. Tex L. Rev. 453
- 1995 Co-Author “The Economic Loss Doctrine: Saving Contract Warranty Law from Drowning in a Sea of Torts” 26 U. Toledo L. Rev. 591
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list in 2018-2024. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
- Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list in 2004-2019. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
- Listed in The International Who’s Who of Commercial Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Product Liability Lawyers, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Law, Private Client Global Elite 2017, Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers
- Awarded the Product Liability Advisory Council’s Distinguished Service Award
- Awarded the ABA Section of Litigation, Product Liability Committee Leadership Award. This award is issued by the American Bar Association and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
Professional Activities
- American Law Institute (ALI)
- Participated in the creation of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability and of the Restatement of Apportionment
- Member of the ALI’s Members Consultative Groups on the Restatement Third, Information Privacy Principles; Restatement of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm; Restatement Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons; Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance; Restatement Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; Restatement Third, Law of Consumer Contracts; and was a Member of the Members Consultative Groups for earlier ALI projects, Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Judgments in Transnational Disputes; Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation; Principles of the Law of Software Contracts and Restatement of Trusts, and on Article 2 (Sales) of the Uniform Commercial Code Restatement of Torts: General Principles
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Advisory Committee and Faculty, International Corporate Counsel College (2012 Director)
- Board of Directors and Faculty, Corporate Counsel College
- Faculty, Trial Academy
- Chair, Business Litigation Committee
- Vice Chair, International Committee
- Product Liability Advisory Council
- Member, Strategic Planning Committee
- Member, Bylaws Committee
- Former Member, Executive Committee
- Defense Research Institute
- Steering Committee, Second and Third Joint International Conferences
- Co-Chair, European Corporate Outreach Committee
- Chair, International Law Committee
- International Bar Association
- Member, Class Action Working Group
- Member, Maritime and Transport Law Committee
- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- Steering Committee and Faculty, Corporate Counsel Symposium
- Vice Chair and Faculty, Deposition Boot Camp
- Sports & Fitness Industry Association
- Member, Legal Task Force
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
Community Involvement
- Member, Irish American Business Chamber & Network
- Member, British American Business Council
- Member, German American Chamber of Commerce
- Member, French American Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
- Board of Directors, Citizens Diplomacy International of Philadelphia
- Former Trustee, Member of Executive Committee and the Finance Committee, Former President of Alumni Society, The Episcopal Academy
- Vestry, The Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
- Officer and Board Member, International Visitors Center, the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the English-Speaking Union
- Founding Member and Chairman, Jefferson Scholars Program, Philadelphia Region, of the University of Virginia
- Member, World Affairs Council
- Member, The Athenaeum
- Member, International Visitors Center
- Member, Philadelphia Club
- Member, Merion Cricket Club
- Member, The Assemblies
- Member, Penn Club
- Member, IVth Street Club
Education
Law School
- University of Virginia School of Law
Undergraduate School
- University of Virginia
Insights
Shared Thinking
Talk With Christopher
New York · Philadelphia 215-772-7397 cdangelo@mmwr.com