Chris Akin

Chris Akin is a Partner at LPHS with almost 30 years of complex business litigation experience. He has very deep experience in fiduciary litigation, including substantial experience in high profile trust and estate disputes, bankruptcy-related litigation, directors and officers liability lawsuits, and other complex commercial litigation. He has successfully handled plaintiff-side contingency fee arrangements and high-profile defense cases. He currently serves as LPHS’s General Counsel while maintaining a full practice.

In probate litigation and directors and officers liability lawsuits, he has helped his clients defeat billions of dollars in claims. On the plaintiff side, Chris has won multiple bankruptcy-related cases that have generated career-defining results for both LPHS and his clients. He played a critical role in a momentous energy trial, winning one of the largest ever judgments in Dallas history.

Chris earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia. He has been involved in many of LPHS’s biggest victories, and he has been recognized by his peers in various rankings. Chris constantly asks himself, “What decision would I make if I were in my client’s position?” Having seen his entrepreneurial family members go through a significant lawsuit as a teenager, Chris takes every lawsuit personally, striving to represent his clients the way he wishes his family had been represented.