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Christopher D. Warren
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Bio Overview
Christopher D. Warren is a seasoned business litigation attorney, including shareholder and partnership conflicts, employment contract litigation, and business-to-business disputes.
Education
- New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2013)
- University of Phoenix (B.S., 2009)
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
U.S. District Court(s):
- Eastern District of New York
- Southern District of New York
- District of New Jersey
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
- Second Circuit
Affiliations
- Board of Community Lifestyles of New Jersey, Non-Profit Organization
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VI Attorney Ethics Committee, Member (2025–2029)
Christopher D. Warren is a Partner in Scarinci Hollenbeck’s Litigation group. His practice centers on complex commercial disputes, including shareholder and partnership conflicts, business-dissolution (“business divorce”) matters, breach-of-fiduciary-duty and accounting claims, business-to-business contract litigation, and targeted real-estate disputes involving condominium-association fiduciary-duty claims and governance matters. He represents clients in New York and New Jersey state and federal courts and in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), JAMS, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Mr. Warren also represents and advises individuals and businesses in securities and regulatory matters before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state Attorneys General, including subpoena strategy and responses and Wells submissions. He represents broker-dealers and registered representatives in FINRA proceedings, including Rule 8210 inquiries, on-the-record (OTR) testimony, and AWC negotiations.
Mr. Warren serves on the New Jersey Supreme Court District VI Ethics Committee (2025–2029) and is currently pursuing advanced certifications in AI governance and data privacy, including AIGP, CIPP/US, and ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems) credentials.
Beyond his litigation practice, Mr. Warren is an active thought leader in legal technology, focusing on AI governance, data privacy, and ethical compliance for the modern practice of law. He regularly publishes on his blog, the Moral Machine, about translating guidance into practical, defensible compliance frameworks that can help firms meet ethical obligations, including competence, diligence, confidentiality and privilege, communication, supervision, and candor, while deploying AI safely for clients.
His work addresses critical challenges, and quickly moving goalposts, facing today’s legal practitioners and business owners, particularly the need for clear, actionable guidance in navigating emerging technologies while maintaining the highest ethical and privacy standards in client service.
Before joining Scarinci Hollenbeck in 2024, Mr. Warren founded and managed a boutique New York City law firm. A former licensed securities professional and real estate entrepreneur, he brings a pragmatic, business-minded approach to litigation and client counseling.
Clients rely on Mr. Warren for direct, practical advocacy, clear strategy, disciplined execution, and business-focused solutions, grounded in close collaboration, cost discipline, and informed risk assessment across court and arbitration forums.
Mr. Warren’s views on Moral Machine are his own and do not reflect those of the NJ Supreme Court Attorney Ethics Committee (District VI).
Shareholder, Partnership, and Business Divorce:
- Shareholder and partnership disputes for closely held companies, including governance, accounting, valuation, and fiduciary-duty issues in NY and NJ courts.
- Represented a shareholder of a billion-dollar firm in separation negotiations and contractual disputes concerning buyout and valuation terms, non-solicitation and non-compete provisions, indemnification, earn-out terms, and other restrictive covenants in private arbitration.
- Law-firm dissolution matters, including negotiated separations, case-inventory valuation, and related books and records and injunctive applications, with multi-million-dollar recoveries.
- Business-divorce proceedings involving breach of fiduciary duty, embezzlement, and theft of corporate opportunity, including demands for accountings and access to company records.
- Frozen-out minority LLC members of a closely held real-estate development company seeking judicial dissolution and recovery of misappropriated assets.
- Equal owner in multiple real-estate investment contracts pursuing claims for fraud and concealment by the titleholder involving multi-million-dollar losses.
- Partner in a private-equity firm asserting entitlement to 33 percent equity compensation arising from multiple transactions.
Commercial and Business Contract Litigation:
- B2B contract disputes concerning supply and services agreements, earn-outs and post-closing adjustments, indemnification obligations, restrictive covenants, and confidentiality provisions.
- Nationwide distribution and sales company in a multi-jurisdiction securities-fraud matter against a publicly traded company, resulting in a multi-million-dollar settlement.
- Financial-services company in cross-border litigation disputing nine-figure transactions, coordinating strategy across forums and jurisdictions.
Securities, SEC and State AG, and FINRA:
- Financial-services companies responding to SEC inquiries, subpoenas, and enforcement proceedings, including Wells meetings and submissions.
- Registered investment advisers and brokers in FINRA proceedings, audits, and investigations, including Rule 8210 responses, on-the-record testimony, AWC negotiations, and counseling on compliance enhancements.
- Registered investment advisory firm defending claims brought by former advisers and, in separate matters, enforcing restrictive covenants, client-solicitation prohibitions, and employee raiding restrictions.
- Shareholders defrauded by an adviser in a reverse-merger and private-placement scheme involving a fraudulently re-listed NASDAQ company.
Real Estate and Condominium Association:
- Real-estate litigation focused on fiduciary duty claims and condominium association governance, including bylaw and declaration enforcement, and alteration and access issues.
Arbitration, Cross-Border, and Digital Assets:
- Claimant in private arbitration against a multinational corporation alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent inducement related to stock transfers and the sale and management of real-estate assets in multiple countries.
- Arbitration before AAA, JAMS, and FINRA across commercial, securities, and real-estate disputes.
- International cryptocurrency platform in a multi-jurisdictional investigation, including regulatory response and evidence collection.
Representative matters are illustrative of experience. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
* Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
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