PARTNER Harvard University J.D., 2001 cum laude Notes Editor (1999-2001), Harvard Law Review Editorial Staff, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy Hampden-Sydney College B.A. Economics & Classics, 1991 cum laude Eta Sigma Phi Omicron Delta Epsilon Law Clerk to the Hon. Will Garwood U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit 2001-2002 Texas Rising Star, 2008 Texas Monthly Magazine Admitted to Practice Texas, 2001 Printer Friendly Version CHRISTIAN J. WARD cward@yetterwarden.com  |   512.533.0115   |   Austin       vCard Mr. Ward's practice focuses on complex appeals. He has represented many major corporations in a variety of industries including energy, insurance, and financial services' and one sovereign nation in federal and state courts throughout the country and in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has briefed numerous successful appeals and orally argued in federal and state appellate courts. Mr. Ward graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was a Notes Editor of the Harvard Law Review and also on the staff of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. After graduating, he clerked for the Honorable Will Garwood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and then joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's appellate practice group before joining Yetter & Warden. He serves as an officer of the Austin Lawyer's Chapter of the Federalist Society. Mr. Ward is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. Before attending law school, he worked as a Latin teacher and in the Texas Senate. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits. Representative Matters: Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.: Successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court clarifying the jurisdictional Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. v. Mobil Yanbu Petrochemical Co.: Successful defense on appeal $417 million commercial tort verdict. Whiteman v. Dorotheum GMBH & Co.; Republic of Austria: Successful appeals on behalf of the Republic of Austria in Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court that permitted payments from an Austrian fund to start flowing to victims of the Holocaust and their heirs. In re Enron Corp.: Successfully defended appeals from bankruptcy court judgments, including oral argument in Second Circuit. Supportkids, Inc. v. Morris; Philadelphia Am. Life Ins. v. Turner: Successful appeals of interlocutory orders certifying class actions in Texas state courts. Publications: Contributing Author, Employee Benefits Law (2d. Ed.), 2005 Cumulative Supplement, Ch. 12 III.L., Class Actions. Note: Non sub Homine? A Survey and Analysis of the Legal Resolution of Election 2000, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2170 (2001). Leading Cases: Constitutional Structure -- Congress's Power to Enact Enforcement Legislation Under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment -- Kimel v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 120 S. Ct. 631 (2000), 114 Harv. L. Rev. 179 (2000).