Christopher B. Mead

2019-Present partner Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears Washington, D.C.
1994-2019 Partner, London & Mead

Specializing in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. Member, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Bars. Representation of corporations, corporate executives, and individuals in criminal investigations and trials. Representation of individuals and corporations in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions. Representation of regulatory attorneys and corporate executives in federal health care investigations. Representation of executives and in-house counsel in SEC investigations and litigation. Civil litigation including complex business disputes. Won complete acquittal for the President of a cardiac monitoring company charged with Medicare fraud and Anti-Kickback violations in a case involving, among other things, the interpretations of relevant CPT and HCPIC billing codes. Won complete acquittal for an internet pharmacy company in a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Alexandria. Won jury verdict of no liability for major supermarket chain in complex contract dispute. Member of trial team for Amgen, Inc. that won verdict of validity of all asserted claims for antibody patent in March, 2016. Won 2009 jury verdict in liability phase of patent case finding infringement and upholding validity of patent, resulting in public settlement valued at over $90 million. Won patent bench trial invalidating patent as obvious after unsuccessful re-examination proceeding citing same prior art relied on at trial. Won jury verdict of $1.4 million for small business owner in shareholder dispute. Representation of False Claims Act Relators resulting in public settlements with payments to clients exceeding $70 million.

1989-1994: Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, specializing in white collar criminal prosecutions. Lead prosecutor in numerous investigations and prosecutions of generic drug companies, and worked extensively with FDA’s Special Prosecution Staff and Office of Criminal Investigations. Received FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation for Prosecutions of Application and Manufacturing Fraud, and Maryland Governor’s Award for Victim Assistance. Lead counsel in multiple trials and appeals before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; extensive experience in money laundering, tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and embezzlement, interstate transportation of stolen property, embezzlement from ERISA plans, threats against the President, kidnapping, narcotics and firearms offenses.

1994: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, lead counsel in prosecution of a generic drug executive represented by Fried, Frank, et al. who was convicted after trial of perjury to Congress.

1986-1989: associate, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C.

1985-1986: law clerk to the Honorable Joseph H. Young, U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland.

EDUCATION

Yale Law School, 1985, winner, John Fletcher Caskey Prize for best trial presentation in Thomas Swan Barrister’s Union prize trial

Yale University 1981 magna cum laude, distinction in the history major, varsity baseball

OTHER

Author, Champion: Joe Louis, Black Hero in White America (Chas. Scribner’s Sons 1985), summarized in successive issues of Sports Illustrated

Co-Chair, Bench Bar Liaison Committee, District of Maryland

Co-Founder, with wife Lauren, Scotland Storm Community Development, Inc. (free after-school and summer academic and sports programs for underserved kids in Montgomery County, Maryland)

Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advanced Advocates course