Christian Bromley
Christian Bromley
Christian Bromley
Biography
Christian co-leads the firm’s Environmental & Toxic Tort practice, co-chairs the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group for the United States, serves on the Global Inclusion & Diversity Action Board, and co-chairs the Recruiting Committee as hiring partner for the Atlanta office.
He represents clients in complex commercial disputes and mass tort litigation ranging from consumer claims, product liability, and environmental contamination to a variety of insurance and financial transactions. With bi-coastal residency in the firm’s Atlanta and Los Angeles offices, Christian regularly represents clients before courts and arbitral tribunals in California, Florida, Georgia, and throughout other venues nationwide.
TOXIC TORT, PFAS, & PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION
Christian has dedicated a substantial portion of his practice to toxic and environmental tort litigation, and product liability disputes, including complex mass torts, environmental consumer class actions, groundwater contamination disputes, wastewater treatment litigation, and environmental and regulatory advice for clients managing submissions to and investigations by state and federal agencies.
Christian’s experience spans successful resolution of state environmental and agriculture agency investigations, mandamus claims interpreting state and local environmental rules and regulations, suits against government entities and municipalities, and state attorney general investigations.
Christian also regularly defends and advises clients in manufacturing and contamination investigations, disputes, and litigation involving PFAS substances (per- and polyfluoroalkyl). He has done this work consistently for more than 10 years. He handles all aspects of these disputes, whether business strategy and advisory work, asserting jurisdictional challenges in state and federal courts, managing evidentiary hearings on nuanced preemption and zoning issues, or managing years of complicated fact and expert discovery on complex scientific, chemical, and toxicological questions.
COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Christian advises regional and multi-national corporate clients through all stages of complex commercial litigation with particular experience handling nuanced jurisdictional disputes, cross-board challenges, and complicated discovery matters with numerous interested parties, international entities, and state and federal agencies.
Christian is well versed in litigation for insurance companies and self-insured entities facing allegations of bad faith, as well as banking and financial institution clients involving consumer claims, digital currencies, challenges to servicing relationships for commercial, residential, and student loans, shareholder disputes and receiverships with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve, enforcement of various lending agreements, and alleged violations of consumer laws (the Truth in Lending Act (TILA); the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA); and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA)).
STATE & FEDERAL APPEALS
Christian routinely brings and defends appeals on behalf of corporate clients in state and federal courts in California, Florida, and Georgia. These appeals have involved diverse legal issues, such as challenging personal jurisdiction over out-of-state and international entities in California, developing parameters for the interpretation of Georgia insurance contracts, and establishing precedent for the standing of financial services entities to bring foreclosure litigation in Florida.
Christian has also represented the Georgia Chamber of Commerce as an amicus curiae in many proceedings before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in matters involving tort reform, the interpretation of Georgia’s Civil Practice Act, and jurisdiction over out-of-state corporations registered to do business in Georgia.
PRO-BONO INITIATIVES
Christian has been committed to pro-bono work since joining the firm as a summer associate. He has participated in a number of high-profile pro-bono matters and dedicated well over 2,000 hours to this work in recent years. These matters include serving as pro-bono counsel for over a decade in Louisiana capital post-conviction proceedings resulting in a finding of factual innocence for our client at the Louisiana Supreme Court, prominent Voting Rights Act litigation for multiple state and federal elections in 2016, 2018, and 2020, and state and federal constitutional challenges to legislation impacting same-sex couples and families on behalf of Lambda Legal.
The pro-bono litigation teams on which Christian has served in these matters have received awards for their service from the American Bar Association, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia.
Civic involvement & honors
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2026 as Up and Coming for Litigation: Product Liability
- Executive Leadership Team, March of Dimes, Atlanta (2025)
- Bloomberg Law: They've Got Next: The 40 Under 40 (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch (2021-2027)
- Atlanta Bar Association:
- Member-at-Large, Litigation Section (2023-present)
- Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee (2023-2025)
- Community Service Committee, Litigation Section (2021-2022)
- Leadership Council for Legal Diversity
- Coaching Circle Co-Chair (2023, 2024)
- Pathfinder (2020)
- Human Rights Campaign, Federal Club (2016-Present)
- Civic Associations
- 1421 Peachtree (2021-present)
- Ansley Park (2021-present)
- Lake Burton (2021-present)
- Emory University School of Law
- Emory Law Journal, Managing Editor (2014-2015)
- Dean’s Award, Intellectual Property (Fall 2013)
- Dean’s Award, Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy Program (Fall 2012)
- Rollins College
- Valedictorian, Class of 2012
- General Charles McCormick Reeve Award (2012)
- Brendan O’Sullivan Memorial Award (2012)
Professional affiliations
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of Georgia
- The Florida Bar
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Recruiting Committee (2021- current)
- Global Associate Council (2021-2023)
- Los Angeles Branding Committee (2020- current)
Admissions
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California
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Florida
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Georgia
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U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Middle, Northern and Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Middle, Northern and Southern District of Georgia
Supreme Court of California, Florida and Georgia
Education
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Emory University, J.D., with honors, 2015
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Rollins College, B.A., summa cum laude, 2012
Related capabilities
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Class Actions & Mass Torts
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Mass Torts & Product Liability
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Financial Services
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Consumer Fraud
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Insurance (Class Actions)
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Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices (Class Actions)
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Consumer Finance Disputes
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Banking & Finance Disputes
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Class Actions
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Business & Commercial Disputes
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Enforcement
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Litigation
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Regulation
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PFAS
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Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Appellate
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Environmental and Toxic Tort
Experience
Complex & Class Action Litigation:
- Represented multiple wearable technology companies in California over breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims against competitor resulting in a jury verdict of over $24 million.
- Secured dismissal of national waste management provider in proposed Georgia class action asserting breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and related claims associated with alleged failure to provide contracted services.
- Obtained multi-million dollar judgment for Canada-based technology company following trial of company 's claims before an International Centre for Dispute Resolution tribunal and confirmation before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- Defended automotive services company in proposed class action in Florida litigation asserting Florida Telephone Solicitation Act claims.
- Obtained judgment for multinational financial services company related to multi-million dollar defaulted loan obligations secured by a Gulfstream business jet aircraft.
- Resolved breach of contract claims between national payment services provider and multiple financial institutions in California litigation.
- Secured dismissal of Japan-based manufacturer from California litigation regarding multi-million dollar dispute over patent rights and patent ownership in the U.S. market.
- Served as national outside managing counsel for national healthcare information management company's processing of and appearances for subpoenas.
- Represented national insurance company in multiple cases alleging bad faith failure to settle underlying claims in Georgia.
Mass Tort & Product Liability:
- Managed portfolio of over 40 matters for major industry manufacturer s related to per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), including nationwide environmental and regulatory advice on nuanced scientific and chemical product liability issues.
- Defended major industry manufacturer s against claims by municipal water providers in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages related to alleged use of per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in Georgia and Alabama.
- Defended major industry manufacturer s in proposed class action alleging damage related to use of per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in Georgia.
- Obtained judgment for organic recovery and biofuel company finding certain municipal ordinances to be preempted by the Georgia Soil Amendments Act and in violation of the Georgia Open Meetings Act.
- Defended materials recovery companies in multiple state agency investigations and permitting matters, including negotiation of successful consent orders and other resolutions.
- Represented multiple clients in response to Georgia State Attorney General's Office investigations regarding customer billing practices and other issues.
State & Federal Appeals:
- Prosecuted and defended nearly 40 appeals on behalf of financial services institutions and loan servicers before the Georgia Court of Appeals and all Florida District Courts of Appeal.
- Secured affirmance of summary judgment on all claims against national insurance company before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit defeating dispute over multi-million dollar life insurance policy.
- Represented UK-based technology company in petition to California appellate court regarding personal jurisdiction challenge to complaint for damages against company.
- Represented the Georgia Chamber of Commerce as an amicus curiae in various proceedings before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit involving tort reform issues.
Pro-Bono Representation:
- State of Louisiana ex rel. Jimmie C. Duncan v. Tim Hooper, No. 94-F0042 (decade long representation as capital post-conviction pro-bono counsel resulting in determination of factual innocence for client after more than 30 years of incarceration)
- Christopher Inniss, et al. v. Deborah Aderhold, et al., 1:14-CV-01180-WSD (pro-bono co-counsel to Lambda Legal in challenge to Georgia same-sex marriage ban)
- Georgia NAACP, et al. v. State of Georgia, et al., No. 1:17cv01427-TCB-WSD-BBM (pro-bono counsel to Georgia NAACP and others)
- Georgia NAACP, et al. v. Hancock County Board of Elections and Registration, et al., No. 5:15cv414CAR (pro-bono counsel to Georgia NAACP and others)
Resources
Publications
- "Defining Finality: What Constitutes a Final Arbitration Award," ABA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, June 2018
- "Dismissing Provenance: the Use of Procedural Defenses to Bar Claims in Nazi-Looted Art and Securitized Mortgage Litigation," 7 P.R. Bus. L. J. 218 (2016)
- "Inconsistent as to One, Inconsistent as to All: Sometimes It’s Too Late to Arbitrate,” co-authored with Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour, ABA Section of Litigation ADR Newsletter, June 2016
- “Supremacy and Superiority: the Constitution’s Effect on State Lien Priority Statutes,” 44 Real Estate Law Journal 442 (2016)
- "Outside Equal Protection: The Evolution of State Laws as Precedent for Lifting Georgia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban," 13 Dartmouth Law Journal 57 (2015)
- "Encouraging Cooperation: Harmonizing the Battle of Association and Mortgagee Lien Priority in America’s Common Interest Communities," 43 Real Estate Law Journal 255 (2014)
Speaking engagements
- Host, Babies, Business & the Bottom Line, March of Dimes Georgia, September 2026
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Moderator, From the Bench to the Boardroom: Building Your Career, Your Network, and Your Business, Atlanta Bar Association, September 2026
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Speaker, PFAS Regulation & Litigation: Navigating the Legal Landscape, Association of Corporate Counsel – Arizona, September 2025
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Moderator, Partnering for Value: Insights from Inside the Company, Atlanta Bar Association, September 2025
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Speaker, PFAS Regulation & Litigation: Navigating the Legal Landscape, Association of Corporate Counsel – Chicago, September 2025
- Panelist, Death Penalty Representation: What if the worst crime imaginable never happened?, Atlanta In-House CLE, March 2025
- Moderator, All Things Experts, Atlanta Bar Association, March 2025
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Panelist, PFAS Update: Due Diligence, Regulatory and Litigation, 2024 State Bar of Arizona Convention, June 2024
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Speaker, PFAS: Regulation, Litigation, and Mitigation, Arizona In-House Counsel CLE, June 2024
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Speaker, PFAS: Regulation, Reporting, and Litigation Trends, Atlanta In-House CLE, March 2024
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Panelist, Collaborative Exonerations in Red States, American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Annual Fall Institute, November 2023
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Moderator, Business Development for Litigators, Atlanta Bar Association, October 2023
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