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Christopher Drake Durham

About Christopher Drake Durham

Christopher Drake Durham is a lawyer practicing employment law, employment advice and counseling, employment litigation and 3 other areas of law. Christopher received a B.A. degree from Miami University in 2002, and has been licensed for 21 years. Christopher practices at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

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Areas of Law

  • Affirmative Action
  • Other 5
    • Employment Law
    • Employment Advice and Counseling
    • Employment Litigation
    • Wage and Hour Litigation
    • including Class/Collective Actions

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Duane Morris LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Represented DuPont (NYSE: DD), a global innovation leader with technology-based materials, in its $110 million acquisition of Evoqua's Memcor business, which includes ultrafiltration
    membrane bio-filtration technologies.
    Represented a provider of pharmacy services for skilled nursing facilities,
    its operating subsidiaries, in connection with the sale of an interest in the subsidiaries to a Boston-based private equity firm, as well as a recapitalization of the subsidiaries involving senior debt
    subordinated debt.
    Represented StoneMor in a Fair Labor St
    ards Act collective action in Alabama
    succeeded in having the case dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs had alleged that they were not paid minimum wage or overtime.
    Obtained summary judgment in favor of prominent Philadelphia-based cosmetology school in wage-
    -hour class
    collective action case in which plaintiffs - current
    former cosmetology students - alleged employee status
    failure to pay minimum wages under the FLSA, Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act
    Pennsylvania Wage Payment
    Collection Law.
    Obtained summary judgment in favor of Philadelphia-area hospital in federal lawsuit alleging unlawful retaliation.
    Represented Tioga Downs Racetrack, LLC in all aspects of a comprehensive, competitive process that resulted in the New York Gaming Facility Location Board authorizing Tioga Downs to move forward with a license for its $195 million full scale casino expansion project at its existing racetrack outside Binghamton, New York.
    Represented POSC Holdings, LLC, an integrated oilfield services company
    portfolio company of Argosy Private Equity, in its acquisition of Eagle Automation Limited, a leading oilfield automation company offering services complimentary to POSC Holdings, LLC's subsidiary, Panh
    le Oilfield Services Company, Inc.
    Represented Monteco Ltd.
    Green Turtle Americas Ltd., a leading provider of composite wastewater pretreatment solutions for commercial, institutional
    industrial applications, in the acquisition by Zurn Industries, LLC of Green Turtle
    two related Canadian businesses.
    Represented CIT, Inc. (d/b/a Chicago International Trucks), Mcgrenho L.L.C. (d/b/a Indy Truck Sales), Indiana Mack Leasing, LLC,
    Idealease of Chicago, LLC in a $143 million truck dealership sale to Rush Enterprises, Inc., which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America.
    Represented a clean technology company in the sale of the stock of a stormwater treatment company to a civil engineering site solutions company.
    Represented large healthcare employer in wage-
    -hour class
    collective action case in which plaintiffs have alleged failure to pay nonexempt employees for all time worked, including time allegedly worked during meal breaks. Suit includes claims brought under the FLSA, Pennsylvania Wage Payment
    Collection Law, Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, ERISA, RICO
    state common law.
    Prepared affirmative action plans for government contractors
    subcontractors,
    counseled government contractors
    subcontractors regarding all aspects of affirmative action obligations under federal law.
    Represented government contractors
    subcontractors in U.S. Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Programs' audits regarding compliance with affirmative action laws
    regulations.
    On behalf of national health care services provider, obtained rerun union election before the National Labor Relations Board.
    On behalf of fluid power distributor, successfully defended Department of Labor investigation into exempt status of employees, avoiding significant liability for unpaid overtime.
    On behalf of international food services
    facilities management company, obtained dismissal of federal race discrimination lawsuit.
    Counseled federal contractors
    subcontractors on affirmative action compliance
    Department of Labor audits.
    Successfully defended employment discrimination
    harassment cases in federal
    state courts
    before federal
    state agencies.
    Assisted with developing apprenticeship program for state authority's significant public facility construction project.
    On behalf of heavy
    highway construction company, successfully challenged a multiemployer pension plan's imposition of substantial pension plan withdrawal liability.
    Counseled insurance company during investigation into an employee's serious computer-related misconduct
    coordinated efforts with federal authorities during the investigation.
    Counseled clients on wage payment, wage
    hour compliance,
    white collar exemptions under federal
    state law.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2005, Pennsylvania
    2006, New Jersey
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    •Legislative Director, Pennsylvania State Council of Society for Human Resource Management, 2013-2014
    •The University of Pennsylvania Law School Chapter of the American Inns of Court, 2012-2013

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Pennsylvania Law School
    Class of 2005
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Miami University
    Class of 2002
    B.A.
    magna cum laude

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Articles Editor, Journal of Labor and Employment Law
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1979
    Berkeley, California, 1979

Christopher Drake Durham

Partner at Duane Morris LLP
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30 South 17th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19103U.S.A.

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