Christopher Bopst
Of Counsel
Christopher Bopst is an award-winning partner at Kloss Stenger & Gormley LLP, recognized for his powerful courtroom advocacy and wide-ranging experience in state and federal courts. He skillfully represents clients across commercial and construction litigation, real estate transactions, asset and stock purchases, as well as wills and estates matters. A prolific legal author and Chair of the NYSBA Committee on the New York State Constitution, Chris brings deep constitutional, transactional, and appellate insight grounded in both large-firm and boutique experience.
Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Cannabis
- Construction Litigation and Arbitration
Bar Admissions
- New York State
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York
Education
- Canisius CollegeBachelor of Arts, Cum Laude
- Notre Dame Law SchoolJuris Doctor, cum laude
Professional Associations
- Erie County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Chair, New York State Bar Association Committee on the New York State Constitution
- President, Desmond Law Society of Canisius College
- Director, The Amherst Chamber Ensembles
- Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- Participant, Real Men Wear Pink of Buffalo
Awards
- New York Super Lawyers, 2013-2015, 2023
- Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009, 2011
Publications
- BILLS OF RIGHTS BEFORE THE BILL OF RIGHTS: EARLY STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF RIGHTS (Palgrave Press, 2020) (co-author).
- NEW YORK’S BROKEN CONSTITUTION: THE GOVERNANCE CRISIS AND THE PATH TO RENEWED GREATNESS (SUNY Press, 2016) (co-editor).
- THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION, 2d ed. (Oxford University Press, 2012) (co-author).
- Constitutional ‘Stuff’: House Cleaning the New York Constitution—Part II, 78 ALBANY LAW REVIEW 1513 (2014/2015) (co-author).
- “It Ain’t Necessarily So”: The Governor’s ‘Message of Necessity’ and the Legislative Process in New York, 76 ALBANY LAW REVIEW 2219 (2013) (co-author).
- Anything Goes: A History of New York’s Gift and Loan Clauses, 75 ALBANY LAW REVIEW 2005 (2012) (co-author).
- Machiavelli and Modern Business: Realist Thought in Contemporary Corporate Leadership Manuals, 65 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS 235 (2006) (co-author).
- Great Political Trials of the Millennium, 27 LITIGATION 39 (2001) (co-author).