Christopher Fromherz is an associate in the Newport Beach office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he is a member of the firm's litigation workgroup.

Mr. Fromherz earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Comments Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and an oralist for the National Moot Court Team. He also served as a Public International Law Fellow, working in Quito, Ecuador on research into Latin American environmental law and policy. He received his B.A. in English from Lewis and Clark College.

 Mr. Fromherz is the author of:  “Indigenous Peoples’ Courts:  Egalitarian Juridical Pluralism, Self-Determination, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” 156 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1341 (2008).

Bar Admissions

• 2008, California