Rob is the founder and CEO of Just Resolve.  He is also General Counsel and Co-Owner of Christopher Ranch LLC, a family-owned California farm business whose fresh garlic products are a nationally recognized brand.

Rob is also an accomplished, AV Preeminent (highest peer rating for ethical standards and legal ability) litigation and trial attorney, formerly of New York based Coudert Brothers LLP, where he last served as regional managing partner for Northern California, and California based Hopkins & Carley ALC. For 35 years prior to founding Just Resolve, Rob practiced in commercial, antitrust and intellectual property litigation, highlights of which included earning one of the 50 largest California business case verdicts in 2009 on behalf of a leading US manufacturer in a bet-the-company case, and successfully defending a small breakaway church community from its monopoly-bent mother church in a copyright infringement and fair use legal war.

Rob has also served as a mediator, arbitrator and settlement Judge Pro-Tem for the Santa Clara County Superior Court. He is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, California state courts, numerous federal district courts and several federal circuit courts of appeal. His speaking engagements on disruption and innovation in dispute resolution include law school guest lecturing, chamber of commerce talks, a seminar delivered to the California AGC and numerous talks to business CEO groups and law firms.

After three decades in the legal space, Rob saw a need for innovation – specifically in limited stakes cases. His research led to the development of the neutral-driven, non-adversarial method for alternative dispute resolution in limited stakes cases that Just Resolve promotes and facilitates. This method is the foundation of Just Resolve’s conscious capitalism and the inspiration for his upcoming book on the need for this kind of disruptive innovation in civil litigation.

In addition to serving on corporate and charitable boards, Rob is a CEO member of Vistage International.  His active personal interests include tennis, performing in local and civic theatres, mountain hiking (summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Shasta and Mt. Whitney), playing and singing music, travel, and loving his wife of 37 years and his two grown sons and their families.

Rob earned an AB with Honors in Economics from Stanford University, and his JD from the University of California at Davis.

Twitter: @justresolve

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robertchristopher

Email: rob.christopher@justresolve.com