Jump to Navigation

Attorney Profiles

Attorney Profiles

Christiaan D. Horton 
Springfield, Missouri
Partner
phone (417) 882-9090
fax (417) 882-2529
email Email Me

CHRISTIAAN D. HORTON, born Winona, Minnesota, August 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Missouri and US. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri - State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Tulsa (J.D., with honors, 1995); Phi Delta Theta; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1993-1994, and Editor-in-Chief, 1994-1995, Energy Law Journal; Student Editor-in-Chief, Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Year-in-Review, 1994-1995. Author: Note, "State Control Over the Destiny of Hydropower Development: P.U.D. No. 1 v. Washington Department of Ecology," 15 Energy L.J. 463 (1994). Recipient: University of Tulsa College of Law Legal Certificate in Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, 1995. Co-Author: Natural Resources & Preservation Law, II Missouri Environmental Law 18 (2d. ed. 1998); Co-Editor: Environmental Law, Section, Missouri Bar Courts & CLE Bulletin, 1996. Member: Springfield-Greene County Environmental Advisory Board, 2000-2002 (Vice-Chair, 2000; Chair, 2001); Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Environmental Committee, 1998-2002 (Chair, 2001-2002); Rotary Sunrise of Springfield; Member: Springfield Metropolitan and American (Member, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Energy and Environmental Law Section). PRACTICE AREAS: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Environmental Law; Civil Mediation; Family Law Mediation. Email: chorton@nnlaw.com

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
Environmental Law
Business and Commercial Law
Construction Law
Family Law
Real Estate
Litigation Percentage:
70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 1995
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1995
Education:
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma
J.D.
Honors: Legal Certificate in Resources, Energy and Environmental Law 1995
Honors: With Honors
Law Journal: Energy Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief, 1994 - 1995
Law Journal: Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Year in Review, Student Editor-in-Chief, 1994 - 1995


Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, 1992
B.S.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Economics


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Missouri Association of Trial Attorney, 2004
Member


The Missouri Bar, 1995
Member


Springfield Metropolitan Bar, 1995
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Missouri Attorney General, Assistant Attorney Counsel, 1995 - 1996


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Phi
Deeply Intertwined With Our Community

Located in Springfield, Missouri, Neale & Newman, L.L.P. has over a century of legal service representing clients in the Ozarks, Southwest Missouri and nationally, including the cities of Springfield, Joplin, Carthage, Branson, Marshfield, Lebanon, Bolivar, Monett, Neosho, Kansas City, St. Louis and Jefferson City. In Arkansas, the firm represents clients from cities such as Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale and Bentonville.