Professional Profiles
CHRISTOPH M. WAHNER, ESQ.
Background
Born Minnesota, 1980; admitted to State Bars of California and Minnesota; U.S. District Court (Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of International Trade; Proctor in Admiralty, Maritime Law Association; Certified Mediator, Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services.
Education
Pepperdine University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 2001; University of San Diego, Juris Doctor, 2005.
Participation And Membership
*Speaker, International Marine Forensics Symposium, “The Capsizing of the Ro-Ro Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise and Resulting Shift in Operational Maritime Safety,” Washington, D.C., April 2012. *Speaker, International Association of Young Lawyers Trade and Transport Symposium (aija), "Customs Calamities; Liabilities & U.S. Regulatory Procedure," Long Beach, California, October 2011;*Speaker, National Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMS) Conference, "Spectacular Casualties; Surveyors' Relation to Legal Issues," Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 2011; *Speaker, National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) Conference, "Perilous Shipper Contracts -- Spotting & Negotiating The Exposures Without Losing The Deal," Phoenix, Arizona, 7 April 2011 (CEU Accredited); *Speaker, SMC³ 2010 Loss Prevention Conference -- "Claims Implications For Today's And Tomorrow's Global Supply Chain," Atlanta, Georgia, October 2010; *Speaker, Transportation & Logistics Council, Inc. Conference - "Particular Risks And Liabilities Of Transportation Intermediaries And Carriers," St. Louis, Missouri, March 2009; *U.S. Maritime Law Association Model Local Admiralty Rules (MLAR) Working Group, 2007; *Presented paper "Controlling Alien Species Transfer in Ballast Water-the Development of Legislation from Regional Damage Control to International Regulation" to University of San Diego Maritime Seminar, 2003.
Participating attendee, International Federal of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) World Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2009; *Participating attendee, Panama Maritime Conference IX, February 2009, Panama City, Panama; *Membership Maritime Law Association, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Fraternity.
Publications
Contributing author to Geoffrey Gill's text Maritime Error Management; Discussing and Remediating Factors Contributory to Casualties, chapter 14 "Organizational Failure and the Ro-Ro Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise," Cornell Maritime Press, 2011; *Authored "Rights of Air Carriers Amongst Each Other are Enhanced by Ninth Circuit Ruling; A Landmark Victory for Forwarders," Forward, the Official Publication of the Airforwarders Association, Summer 2011 ediition; *Authored "From France to Norway," The Guardian, Queen Mary Steamship Foundation; *Contributing editor to "SS United States: The Legendary Liner Returns Home," Titanic Commutator, Titanic Historical Society; *Contributing editor to The Cargo Law web portal.
Published Decisions
Chubb Ins. Co. of Europe S.A. v. Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, Inc., 643 F.3d 1023 (9th Cir. 2011)
Languages
German.
Practice Areas
International Transportation & Trade; Maritime Law; Aviation Law; Marine Insurance; Regulatory Compliance and Penalty Mitigation; Commercial Litigation.