Overview

Christine Kain is a trial lawyer with experience defending pharmaceutical, medical device, food and beverage, and other manufacturers in class actions, mass torts, product liability and consumer fraud cases.

Product Liability Experience

Christine has been involved in multidistrict and large-scale product liability litigation, with experience:

  • Managing offensive and defensive discovery issues
  • Conducting hundreds of depositions of opposing parties, doctors and expert witnesses 
  • Briefing and arguing procedural, discovery, dispositive and trial motions
  • Preparing witnesses for trial

Cross-Product Experience

Christine has served as national and local counsel in matters involving contraceptives, bisphosphonates, hormone replacement therapy, anti-psychotic medications, medical devices, asbestos, food recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks, and consumer fraud class actions.

Commercial Litigation

Christine also has significant experience first-chairing trials and serving as the lead lawyer in commercial disputes, general product liability actions and premises liability actions.

Personal Interests

A former teacher and paralegal, Christine enjoys spending time debating the importance of the Oxford comma (it is important), reading novels by Tad Williams and Jim Butcher, playing tennis, and spending time with her family.

Anatomy of Mass Tort Litigation
Anatomy of Mass Tort Litigation
How We Collaborate to Support Every Stage

Related Legal Services

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Minnesota

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Clerkships

Minnesota Supreme Court, Hon. Alan C. Page, 2007-2008

Education

University of Minnesota Law School
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif (2007)

University of Minnesota
B.A. summa cum laude (2000)

Insights & Events

Other Perspectives

Firm Blog Contributions

  • Faegre Drinker on Products – a blog addressing all things product liability that covers legal issues and developments of interest to product manufacturers and their employers

Leadership & Community

Pro Bono

  • Representing state wards and foster care youth in child protection proceedings through Children's Law Center
  • Representing asylum clients before Immigration Court

Professional Associations

  • Minnesota State Bar Association — Food and Drug Law Section Council (Past President, 2016-17)
  • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute — 2024 Drug & Medical Device Steering Committee
  • Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society — Past Chair

Civic Activities

  • BestPrep eMentoring Programs, volunteer eMentor
  • The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, Board Member

Honors

  • Minnesota Lawyer — Up & Coming Attorney, 2016
  • Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2014-16, 2018-19
  • Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Personal Injury: Products Defense, 2014-18
  • Benchmark Litigation — Future Star, Class Actions, Product Liability, 2020
  • Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Award, 2023