Christopher M. Popecki helps clients navigate complex insurance recovery and commercial litigation matters. Chris has been a major contributor in high-stakes trials and appeals seeking defense and indemnity coverage for mass tort claims under recent and historic general liability policies. He has extensively briefed pivotal issues that corporate policyholders and their insurers have frequently litigated to state and federal appellate courts, including key long-tail liability coverage questions, insurer anti-assignment and anti-stacking defenses, and business interruption matters.
A well-rounded litigator with experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Chris has helped manage large and small teams to successful results in a diverse array of matters reaching commercial and trade secret litigation, regulatory inquiries, and government enforcement actions. He has also advised clients and litigated novel issues regarding the establishment and use of tax-efficient Section 468B qualified settlement funds to facilitate the resolution of insurance disputes and marshal assets to pay for underlying tort claims.
During law school, Chris represented victims of human trafficking and those in need of civil litigation assistance. He has since maintained a robust pro bono practice touching on asylum and immigration law, federal class action litigation, and insurance issues.
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Washington, DC (2024, 2025)
Recommended, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort, The Legal 500 US (2022)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Insurance, Law360 (2020)
Note Editor, Michigan Journal of Law Reform