McGinnis Lochridge is pleased to announce that Christian Shaffer has joined the firm as an associate in its Houston office.
Christian will support clients in commercial and energy-related disputes, bringing experience from both the trial and appellate levels to his practice. Before joining the firm, he completed judicial clerkships with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the Supreme Court of Texas, gaining experience with complex legal issues and the written and oral advocacy involved in high-stakes litigation.
Christian earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law, where he served as Lead Articles Editor of the Texas Tech Law Review and was recognized for his writing and appellate advocacy. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in Philosophy and Political Science from Washington State University.
He will be based in the firm’s Houston office and focuses his practice on litigation, oil and gas, and oil and gas litigation.