Christopher Green is the Associate General Counsel at Ogletree Deakins. He advises attorneys and firm leadership on legal, ethical, regulatory, and enterprise risk matters. His responsibilities include counseling on employment law issues; addressing attorney bar grievance matters and bankruptcy claims; working with outside counsel on behalf of the firm; and advising on procurement and vendor contracting, data privacy and cybersecurity, subpoenas and third-party information requests, conflicts of interest, and lateral attorney onboarding.
Christopher has more than 25 years of experience in the legal industry, with a background spanning law firm risk and general counsel functions, professional responsibility, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, litigation, conflicts, and business intake. Throughout his career, he has advised law firm leaders and attorneys on complex legal, ethical, regulatory, and operational issues and has developed policies, processes, and technology-enabled solutions designed to mitigate risk and strengthen firmwide compliance.
Before joining Ogletree Deakins, Christopher served as Director of Conflicts & Business Intake at an Am Law 200 firm, where he led more than 18 professionals across six locations supporting 30 offices globally. In that role, he was responsible for firmwide conflicts and business intake functions and advised firm leadership on risk management, regulatory compliance, professional responsibility, conflicts resolution, and business intake strategy.
Christopher previously practiced as a Conflicts & Ethics Attorney, advising on professional responsibility, conflicts of interest, engagement terms, and risk management matters. He was also a founding member of an estate-planning law firm, where he counseled clients on estate planning and asset-transfer matters. Earlier in his legal career, Christopher served as an Assistant Deputy District Attorney, prosecuting felony matters and first-chairing fourteen jury trials. He began his career in conflicts, business intake, and risk management roles with Am Law 100 firms.
Christopher earned an LL.M. in Risk Management & Compliance from Texas A&M University School of Law, a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, and a B.S., cum laude, from Texas Wesleyan University. He is admitted to practice in Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kansas, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
