Christopher McKeon

Christopher McKeon focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on product liability and mass torts, as well as consumer protection and general business disputes. Mr. McKeon has experience across all phases of complex litigation, including class actions, Multi-District Litigation, and coordinated state court proceedings, and has represented clients in matters spanning the pharmaceutical, internet and technology (including Section 230 and online platform liability issues), and energy industries.

In these matters, Mr. McKeon has conducted depositions, managed large-scale and technically demanding discovery, briefed dispositive motions, appeared in court, and led legal research on complex and unsettled issues of law. His work has included developing case strategy alongside senior counsel, coordinating expert discovery, and advising clients on litigation risk across multi-forum proceedings.

He also maintains an active pro-bono practice, in which Mr. McKeon has aided with election integrity efforts, represented indigent immigrants in removal proceedings, worked to overturn unconstitutional education laws, and assisted women’s rights groups with research on novel issues.

Mr. McKeon is a regular contributor to the product liability and mass torts group’s newsletter, Dechert Re:Torts.

Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. McKeon earned his juris doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2022, where he was an editorial board member on the Journal of Criminal Law and a Director of the Berkeley Law Anti-Trafficking Program.