Christopher R. Fredmonski

Mr. Fredmonski has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts around the country and through all stages of litigation, including expedited preliminary proceedings, dispositive motion practice, fact and expert discovery, and trials and appeals. He also has represented clients in connection with alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration.

Representative matters include:

• representing a large China-based e-commerce company in connection with a first-of-its-kind international arbitration involving putative class action claims arising out of a going-private transaction
• representing a large financial institution in a three-week bench trial before the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court in a billion-dollar contract dispute arising out of two structured finance transactions
• representing a health care technology company in connection with an expedited noncompete and trade secret case culminating in a bench trial before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• defending an indirect auto finance company in connection with bet-the-company government enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the New York State Attorney General in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in Massachusetts Superior Court
• defending an online sports betting company in connection with putative consumer class actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and New Jersey Superior Court
• representing a large power utility company in an expedited breach of contract case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Mr. Fredmonski maintains an active pro bono practice and has handled a variety of matters in this capacity, with particular focus on representing litigants identified as needing pro bono counsel by judges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Among other matters, he successfully defended a previously pro se litigant at trial in a wage-and-hour case involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential damages, has secured numerous favorable settlements in federal civil rights actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and won a Social Security appeal in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In addition, Mr. Fredmonski was recognized by Sanctuary for Families for his work in defending a mother of three children in connection with a petition filed by the children’s father under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Mr. Fredmonski is heavily involved in Skadden’s recruiting efforts and serves on the firm’s Associate Recruiting and Summer Associate committees. As an associate, he also served on the firm’s Associates Committee. During law school, Mr. Fredmonski was a member of the University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, where he worked on numerous petitions for certiorari and amicus briefs, including a merits-stage amicus brief filed in Manuel v. City of Joliet.