Christopher J. Keller concentrates his practice in sophisticated securities class action litigation in federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Keller serves as lead counsel in over a dozen options backdating class actions filed under the federal securities laws. Most recently, he was instrumental in securing a $117.5 million settlement in In re Mercury Interactive Securities Litigation, which is one of the largest settlements to date in an options backdating class action.

Mr. Keller was a member of the trial team that successfully litigated the In re Real Estate Associates Limited Partnership Litigation in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The six-week jury trial resulted in a landmark $184 million plaintiffs’ verdict, which is one of the largest jury verdicts since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Mr. Keller is very active in investigating and initiating securities and shareholder class actions. He also concentrates his efforts on educating institutional investors on developing trends in the law and new case theories. Mr. Keller is a regular speaker at institutional investor gatherings as well as a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars relating to securities class action litigation.

Mr. Keller is the co-author of "Tellabs: PSLRA Pleading Test Comparative, Not Absolute," New York Law Journal, October 3, 2007, and "Eyeing Executive Compensation," The National Law Journal, November 17, 2008.

Mr. Keller received a B.S. from Adelphi University in 1993 and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 1997. He is admitted to practice in New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of several professional groups, including the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers’ Association.