Chantel counsels clients on product disputes, risk mitigation, and crisis management matters. She also advises clients on regulatory and enforcement issues before the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including compliance with product safety regulations and standards, reporting obligations, product recalls, and CPSC investigations and penalties. In this arena, her clients include distributors, manufacturers, brick-and-mortar retailers, online retailers, and online marketplaces.

Chantel also serves on the National Coordinating Counsel team for a Fortune 500 chemical company in connection with the company’s premises liability and product liability litigation. In this role, Chantel assists in managing a nationwide docket by working with local counsel to develop defense themes, preparing expert witnesses for deposition and trial, and providing strategic advice on individual cases. She has deep experience with every stage of litigation, from pre-suit investigations, through discovery, to trial.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Chantel worked for Florida’s largest full-service civil litigation firm. Her practice encompassed commercial litigation, professional malpractice, products liability, and regulatory investigations and examinations.

In 2023, Chantel was named one of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions and Personal Injury Litigation.

Chantel is an active mentor through Crowell & Moring’s partnership with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. She also mentors through College Bound, a Washington, D.C. non-profit organization that pairs mentors with Washington, D.C. students in grades 8-12 to help prepare them for college.