Chris Hockett is a retired partner from Davis Polk’s Northern California office, where he focused on complex litigation and strategic problem solving for leading companies, boards, and executives. He now serves as a mediator, arbitrator and court-appointed Special Master. Chris regularly teaches Negotiations as well as advanced antitrust courses at Berkeley Law and University of Virginia Law School. He co-chairs an intensive training program for federal judges that alternates between Berkeley Law and the University of Chicago Law School.

Chris has handled a broad range of high-stakes commercial litigation matters, including in the areas of antitrust and unfair competition, patent and copyright, securities, consumer class actions, contracts, data breaches and professional malpractice. His experience spans many industries, including technology, e-commerce, finance, telecom, media, medical devices, sports, professional services, agriculture, and manufacturing. He is the former global head of Davis Polk's antitrust practice, as well as a former Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law, the world's largest association of competition and consumer protection professionals.

Throughout his years in practice, Chris was ranked as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” in Chambers USA. He has been listed as a leading lawyer in many other legal industry publications, including Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500 U.S., and Benchmark. Clients praised him as a “very, very strong trial lawyer” and an “excellent communicator” whose “knowledge of the law is exceptional.” He has been rated as a "spectacular talent" who is both “incredibly thoughtful” and “responsive and practical.”