Notorious ‘Serial Objector’ May Have Filed His Last Objection (1)

Texas attorney Christopher Bandas has made a name for himself in the legal community, and not in a good way. Regarded as the most prolific “serial objector” in the country, Bandas routinely objects to class action settlements, hoping to leverage a payment from the settling attorneys to simply “go away.”

The business model, seen as a form of legal “extortion” among critics, has paid Bandas handsomely over the years. But two recent court rulings and revisions to the rules of civil procedure may signal an end to this much-maligned practice.

The first whiff of trouble for Bandas came on Nov. ...