Christopher M. Barrett

Christopher M. Barrett is an attorney at Izard, Kindall & Raabe, LLP where his practice focuses on representing individuals in class actions against large corporations and defending and counseling white collar criminal defendants.

Mr. Barrett is currently prosecuting class actions against companies alleged to have underpaid pension benefits, including, but not limited to, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Delta Airlines, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Sprint Communications, LLC, among others. Mr. Barrett is also a member of a team prosecuting antitrust claims against some of the largest real estate companies in the country, in Nosalek v. MLS Property Information Network et al.

He has previously prosecuted numerous successful class actions in which over $150 million dollars have been recovered for class members, including: Paetzold v. Metropolitan District Commission ($7.7 million, representing 100% of class losses); Medoff v. CVS Caremark Corp. ($48 million recovery); Citiline Holdings, Inc. v. iStar Fin. Inc. ($29 million recovery); Carpenters Pension Tr. Fund of St. Louis v. Barclays PLC ($14 million recovery); In re Delphi Fin. Group Shareholder Litigation ($49 million recovery); and In re OSG Sec. Litigation ($34 million recovery, representing 93% of bond purchasers’ damages and 28% of stock purchasers’ damages).

Mr. Barrett also serves as pro bono counsel to clients who are unable to afford legal counsel. He has served as trial counsel in significant federal felony cases and as a volunteer attorney on the District of Connecticut’s Civil Pro Bono Panel.

Prior to joining Izard, Kindall & Raabe, Mr. Barrett was associated with Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, where his practice focused on prosecuting class actions on behalf of investors, and Mayer Brown, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation.

Mr. Barrett is a member of the Connecticut and New York bars and is admitted to practice in the District of Connecticut, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In 2015 through 2020, Mr. Barrett was recognized by Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star. He received his J.D., magna cum laude from Fordham University School of Law where he served as a member of the Fordham Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the honor society Alpha Sigma Nu. For his work in the law school’s law clinic, he was awarded the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award. He earned his B.S. in Finance from Long Island University. During law school, Mr. Barrett served as a judicial intern to United States District Judge Shira Sheindlin (S.D.N.Y.), United States District Judge Thomas Platt (E.D.N.Y.) and New York Supreme Court Justice Stephen Bucaria.

Practice areas

• Class actions on behalf of plaintiffs
• ERISA and benefits litigation
• Healthcare litigation
• White collar criminal defense
• Complex civil litigation
• Civil rights litigation