Chris Blanton is an experienced trial attorney and Partner in the Dallas, Texas office of Resnick & Louis. He possesses three decades of experience representing clients in matters including personal injury, residential and commercial construction, professional liability (architect and engineer), commercial trucking and personal auto defense, complex commercial litigation, employment, and business law. He has a proven history of successfully resolving cases involving allegations in favor of clients in matters including premises liability, dram shop, professional negligence, general negligence, trucking, and first and third-party defense. He has successfully resolved disputes on behalf of retailers, hoteliers, restaurants, grocers, petroleum distributors, corner stores, truck stops, movie theaters, the hospitality industry, developers and golf courses.
On a national level, Chris has successfully resolved actions involving airlines, employment associations, land developers, entrepreneurs, oil and gas family partnerships, insurers, commercial and industrial contractors and commercial trucking companies. He has appeared and obtained favorable results for clients in Texas, California, North Carolina, Michigan and Florida. His practice includes arbitration work, MDL litigation, class actions and the representation of corporate clients in response to governmental actions.
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
Chris is an Honors Graduate from the University of Houston Law Center. While there, he was a contributing participant in the publication of a well-respected treatise on the admissibility of scientific evidence under the Federal Rules of Evidence. He received the “highest A” out of all the members of his class in Torts I and II and Contracts II.
When not in the office, Chris enjoys spending time on his family’s cattle farm in Arkansas and fly-fishing the Buffalo and White Rivers in the Ozarks. He is the proud father of two daughters – with his oldest finishing up medical school and his youngest – true to his interest in aviation law – “flying the skies” with a national-based airlines. He is also an avid soccer fan, having played semi-professional soccer after graduating from the University of Texas in Austin. He remains a loyal supporter of the Texas thoroughbred horse racing industry, having grown up on a ranch. In his spare time, he serves non-profits whose missions include serving the needs of low-income homebound seniors and the homeless.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
During the course of his practice, Chris has spoken on numerous occasions on topics including liability claims related to stadium design and fan injuries, ADA-compliance in sporting arena construction, nuisance issues associated with sporting field construction in developed urban locations, personal injury lawsuits arising out of UIL sporting activities including cheerleading and softball, football helmet design, the legality of “office pools”, the rights and risks attendant to third-party event ticket purchase, and geoscience malpractice.