Cooley Law School
Grand Rapids,
Michigan
Christopher G. Hastings has taught at Cooley Law School since 2006 and currently teaches civil procedure and contracts. He began his law practice in 1987 with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. He joined the law firm of Drew Cooper & Anding in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1991, and became a partner in 1993. For nearly 20 years he practiced in state and federal courts, including the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has represented clients in state and federal courts in Michigan, Florida, Alaska, Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, and Ohio. His areas of expertise in private practice included complex class action, complex commercial litigation, business torts, land finance, commercial and retail lending, RICO litigation, construction litigation, enterprise dissolution, and agency sales disputes. Professor Hastings has occupied and continues to occupy leadership positions at all levels in the state and local bars and in his community. Positions include longtime service to, and chairpersonship of the Michigan State Bar Standing Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, service on the Local Rules Committee of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and the Steering Committee of the Grand Rapids Bar Association’s 3R’s program, providing constitutional law education to inner city students. He serves on the Access and Affordability subcommittee of the State Bar of Michigan's 21st Century Law Task Force, and co-chairs one of its work groups.
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