Practice

• Medical Professional Liability Defense
• Medical Licensing and Discipline
• Medical Staff, Peer Review, Privileging/Credentialing
• Products Liability
  

Education

• University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, WA, ,1990
  - Note and Comment Editor, University of Puget Sound Law Review, 1989 – 1990
  
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA, B.A., Political Science, 1986
  

Admitted to Practice

• Washington State Courts
• Idaho State Courts
• United States District Court - Western District of Washington and Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. District Court, District of Idaho
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Experience

• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef Rosendahl
  O’Halloran Spillane, PLLC, Owner/Principal, 2015 - Present
  
• Fain Anderson & VanDerhoef,
  PLLC, Founding Member, 1997 - 2015
  
• Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC,
  Associate, 1990 - 1997
  

Professional Memberships

• President, Washington Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2019
• Member, American Bar Association
  Vice-Chair, Medicine and Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2002-present
  
• Chair, Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 2001-2002
  
• Vice-Chair, Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1997-2001
  
• Member, Washington Healthcare Risk Management Society
  
• Member, Washington State Bar Association and Seattle-King County Bar Association
  

Professional Experience

 Chris has written on a variety of legal topics over the years, including: 

• Washington Physician’s Guide To Health Law
  
• Defending The Corporate Client: Avoiding Sanctions In The Discovery Process
  
• Legal and Strategic Considerations In Attorney Interviews of Company Employees