Christopher L. Schnieders

Chris Schnieders is a founding partner of McIntyre Schnieders and a trial lawyer whose practice centers on complex civil litigation, public-entity claims, mass torts, toxic-exposure matters, and select catastrophic-injury cases.

Chris has tried and resolved significant cases across the country. His courtroom work includes a $21.8 million jury verdict in Norfolk, Virginia in a toxic-exposure case brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act; a $2.575 million medical-malpractice verdict in Wichita, Kansas; a $3.9 million wrongful-death settlement in Warren County, Illinois; and a $2.4 million psychiatric-malpractice settlement in Cook County, Illinois.

He has also spent much of his career in national pharmaceutical, medical-device, and product litigation. His mass-tort work has included participation in product-liability settlements exceeding $1 billion in the aggregate, as well as the resolution of thousands of individual claims. Chris has served in court-appointed leadership and discovery roles in multidistrict and coordinated proceedings involving Uloric, Zofran, Cordis IVC filters, Zoloft, Effexor, and Avandia. He has represented clients in major mass-tort proceedings involving Roundup and other products and has worked extensively with scientific experts, company witnesses, and large discovery records.

At McIntyre Schnieders, Chris brings that experience to a practice increasingly focused on municipal and environmental litigation, mass torts and complex products, institutional claims, and cases that require a trial-ready approach from the beginning.

Representative Results

• More than $1 billion — product-liability mass-tort settlements in the aggregate across nationwide pharmaceutical and product-liability litigation.
• $21.8 million jury verdict — toxic-exposure/FELA case, Norfolk, Virginia.
• $2.575 million jury verdict — medical-malpractice case, Wichita, Kansas.
• $3.9 million settlement — catastrophic wrongful-death case, Warren County, Illinois.
• $2.4 million settlement — psychiatric-malpractice case, Cook County, Illinois.

National Litigation Leadership

• Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee — In re Uloric Products Liability Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings.
• Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and discovery leadership — In re Zofran (Ondansetron) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2657.
• Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee — In re Cordis IVC Filter Cases, JCCP 4977.
• Discovery Chair — In re Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2342.
• Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee — In re Effexor (Venlafaxine Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2458.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Awards and recognitions are conferred by the organizations identified and may use their own selection criteria.