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Overview
Christopher Wood is the partner in charge of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Nashville office, where his practice focuses on complex securities litigation. He has been a member of the litigation teams responsible for recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for investors, including: In re Massey Energy Co. Sec. Litig. ($265 million recovery); In re VeriFone Holdings, Inc. Sec. Litig. ($95 million recovery); Garden City Emps.’ Ret. Sys. v. Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. ($65 million recovery); In re Micron Tech., Inc. Sec. Litig. ($42 million recovery); and Winslow v. BancorpSouth, Inc. ($29.5 million recovery).
Working together with Public Funds Public Schools (a national campaign founded by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Education Law Center), Chris helped to strike down Tennessee’s school voucher program, which would have diverted critically needed funds from public school students in Nashville and Memphis. Chris has also provided pro bono legal services through Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts, the Ninth Circuit’s Pro Bono Program, and the San Francisco Bar Association’s Volunteer Legal Services Program.
At the University of San Francisco School of Law, Chris was awarded a Moot Court brief writing award, several examination awards, and served as the Symposium Editor of the University of San Francisco Law Review. During law school, Chris served as a law clerk with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Summer Honors Program, Enforcement Division. He also served as a judicial extern in the San Francisco Superior Court.
Awards
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2011-2013, 2015-2020
Practice Areas
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 2006
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 2003
Admissions
- California
- Tennessee
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
Notable Cases
News
- January 20, 2021
- December 30, 2020
- December 1, 2020
- May 5, 2020
- November 20, 2019
- November 5, 2019
- January 10, 2019
- November 8, 2018
- June 13, 2018
- January 31, 2018
- December 19, 2017
- Robbins Geller’s Jerry Martin and Christopher Wood Named 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyer and Rising StarNovember 8, 2017
- April 24, 2017
- December 28, 2016
- November 8, 2016
- April 29, 2016
- April 1, 2016
- November 6, 2015
- March 5, 2015
- January 17, 2015
- November 6, 2014
- September 29, 2014
- July 5, 2014
- June 4, 2014
- April 28, 2014
- February 28, 2014
- January 30, 2013
- November 15, 2012
- October 26, 2012
- July 18, 2012
- May 5, 2012