L. Chris Stewart, serves as the Managing Partner of Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys, specializing in serious injury and wrongful death cases. Stewart's expertise spans complex and high-profile cases, including mass tort, class action, wrongful death, civil rights, and premises liability. Recognized as a leading trial attorney nationwide, he has achieved multiple record-breaking jury verdicts, notably securing the first-ever billion-dollar jury verdict in U.S. history for a single sexual assault victim and one of North Carolina’s highest premises liability jury verdicts. His successes also include securing hundreds of millions of dollars for clients across various cases in various States.
Chris has served as the lead attorney for some of the nation’s most well known tragedies including victims of the Baltimore Key Bridge Disaster, the Boeing 737 crash, and serves on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in a national mass tort lawsuit and is one of the few African American’s ever selected as co-lead counsel on a major class action. Chris also co-led a legal team securing a total of $122 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations against a major corporation. Chris is globally recognized as a leading civil rights attorney of his generation, having represented notable cases such as those of Walter Scott, Alton Sterling, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. Attorney Stewart is among the most honored lawyers in the nation, receiving accolades including the Outstanding Citizen Award for Georgia, the Georgia Senate's Outstanding Public Service Proclamation, the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Chairman’s Award, Forbes Top 200 Attorneys, and being the first African American to be voted Attorney of the Year in Georgia.
Chris has been featured in international media including CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, Fox News, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Forbes and is a contributor on various media outlets. He is a double HBCU alumni, graduating from Xavier University (LA) with honors in English, Tulane University with a Master’s of Science in Public Health, and Howard University School of Law. Chris embodies his favorite motto “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”
