Christina Anne Fountain graduated cum laude from the University of California at Santa Barbara, in 1979, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. Ms. Fountain earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.), with cum laude Honors, from Boston College Law School in 1983. She was a staff writer for the Boston College Law Journal that focused on business and civil rights issues in third world countries. She served as Executive Editor of the Law Journal from 1982-1983.
Ms. Fountain was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983 and is licensed to practice before all courts of the State of California. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; United States District Court – Northern District of California; United States District Court -Eastern District of California; United States District Court -Central District of California; United States District Court -Southern District of California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is also admitted pro hac vice in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
Ms. Fountain is a member of the American Bar Association and its Tort and Insurance Practice Section; the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; the American Association for Justice; and the Consumer Attorneys of California. During her early years of practice in Santa Barbara, California, Ms. Fountain served on the Board of Directors for the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, and was Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Barristers Club of Santa Barbara.
Ms. Fountain manages the firm’s Appellate, Legal Research, and Law and Motion Department, and has successfully argued and spearheaded many complex legal and procedural challenges at the trial, appellate, and Supreme Court levels, with favorable results serving the best interests of the firm’s clients.
Ms. Fountain also serves as a Law Brief Judge for the Annual National Appellate Advocacy Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association. She also serves on the American Bar Association’s Advisory Committee regarding the Association’s policies and procedures.
Ms. Fountain is a member of the Electronic Discovery Litigation Group with the American Association for Justice, and the Law and Briefing Committee for the Nationwide Hormone Replacement Therapy (PremPro) Multi-District Litigation.
In 2001, Ms. Fountain served as lead counsel in California for the nationwide litigation against National Medical Enterprises (NME) on behalf of young adults and children alleged to have been wrongfully admitted to NME’s psychiatric facilities. Ms. Fountain has also successfully litigated wrongful termination, employment discrimination, and wage and hour cases on behalf of employees and currently focuses her practice in the all areas of Employment Law on behalf of employees. She has also advised employers in proper employment practices to avoid exposure to litigation for unlawful treatment of employees. Ms. Fountain has also successfully prosecuted civil actions involving personal injury and wrongful death in the areas of products liability, premises liability, general personal liability, and medical malpractice.
Court Opinions in which Ms. Fountain is counsel of record:
Fisher et al. v Halliburton, et al., 696 F.Supp.2d 710 (2010 S.D. Texas)
Fisher v. Halliburton, 2009 WL 5170280 (S.D. Texas)
Fisher v. Halliburton, 2009 WL 1098457 (S.D. Texas)
Fisher v. Halliburton, 2009 WL483890 (S.D. Texas)
Lane v. Halliburton, 529 F.3d 548 (5th Cir. 2008)
Sutton v. Davol, 251 F.R.D. 500 (ED CA 2008)
Fisher, et al. v. Halliburton, et al., 390 F.Supp.2d 610 (2005 S.D. Texas)
Hernandez v Barcelo, 2005 WL67112 (CA App. 2d Dist. 2005)
In re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation, 2001 WL 34050426 (SD FL., 2001)
Publications/Continuing Education Presentations:
Federal Rule 26 – Protective Orders (Mass Torts Made Perfect, 2006)
Federal Rule 26 – Protective Orders (Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, 2006)
Human Rights in the Philippines: A Problem of Enforcement,” (Boston College Third World Law Journal, Vol. IV, No. 1, Spring, 1983)