Christina Hennecken > Goodwin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices
1900 N Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
United States
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Christina Hennecken
Position
Partner
Career
Christina Hennecken is a partner in the firm’s top-ranked Consumer Financial Services Litigation and Enforcement and ERISA Litigation practices. Her nationwide practice focuses on defending large financial institutions, fintech companies, and ERISA plan sponsors in consumer class actions and government enforcement proceedings.
As part of her practice, Christina regularly counsels clients facing proceedings by various federal administrative agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), in matters relating to federal banking and consumer finance regulations concerning an array of financial services and products. In her CFPB practice specifically, Christina has represented some of the nation’s largest financial institutions in several high-profile CFPB enforcement investigations. She has also litigated against the CFPB in federal court.
In her ERISA Litigation practice, Christina specializes in defending plan sponsors and service providers in large-scale ERISA class actions in federal court. She has represented some of the largest companies in the country in litigations challenging the discharge of fiduciary duties, including excessive fee litigation and matters involving proprietary investments.
Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude) / BA Mercer University (summa cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Goodwin specializes in defending financial services companies, as well as other plan sponsors and service providers in class actions against allegations of breach of ERISA fiduciary duties, especially in relation to plan fees and investments. The firm is noted for its capital markets, healthcare and financial services experience, with the team securing victories for clients including MetLife, which resulted in the dismissal of a novel challenge to a plan’s use of prescription-drug rebates. The team’s appellate expertise is noted, with members including Boston-based Alison Douglass and Jaime Santos, in Washington DC, representing clients before circuit courts across the country and before the US Supreme Court. Also in Boston, James Fleckner has been active in defending against new ERISA litigation trends, including pension retirement benefit obligations to insurance carriers that have been filed and class action claims challenging the retention of foreign tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code relating to ERISA assets. Also in Washington DC, Michael Isenman represents a variety of clients including mutual funds and investment advisers in litigation and regulatory contexts including ERISA class actions and shareholder derivative demands and litigation. Christina Hennecken and David Rosenberg are key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- ERISA litigation United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation