Practice Focus
Litigation and Health law

Biography

Christopher D. Nyhan is one of Maine's foremost attorneys in the area of medical liability defense. He assists Maine hospitals and other health care providers on medical staff, credentialing and employment-related issues, with a focus on complex medical staff privileging and antitrust matters. His practice also includes products liability defense and complex litigation.  He has handled to verdict over one hundred major jury and non-jury trials involving medical liability, antitrust, medical staff disputes, employment discrimination and products liability cases, throughout Northern New England.

Representative Matters

• Chris has been retained by the State of Maine and several of its departments and agencies to defend complex litigation matters, including major litigation involving highway design, employment discrimination and public financing

Professional Achievements/Awards

Chris is well known and respected in the legal community and is recognized in:

• Woodward-White's The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers

Chris has also been appointed by the Maine State Bar Association as a member of the Medical Malpractice Litigation Steering Committee, a group of leading plaintiffs and defense practitioners which liaises with the Superior Court and Supreme Court on matters of judicial and public interest regarding malpractice litigation. Chris frequently lectures to professional legal and medical groups.

Civic Involvement

Board Member of Day One, a statewide agency dealing with adolescent substance abuse.
Board Member, Woodfords Family Services.

Admissions

• Admitted to practice in Maine
• Maine State Bar Association Liaison Coordinator
• Legal Member of the Maine Liability Demonstration Project Oversight Committee
• Member of the Defense Research Institute
• Member of Maine Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of Northern New England Defense Research Institute
• Member of Northern New England Defense Counsel Association
• Member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Member of American Society of Law and Medicine
• Member of American Judicature Society
• Member of American Association of Hospital Attorneys
• Member of The National Board of Trial Advocacy, a distinguished organization whose membership in Maine is limited to twenty attorneys.

Admissions
Maine

Education
J.D., University of San Francisco, 1976
B.A., Boston College, 1968
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1973