Kristi Stahnke McGregor - Nashville, TN
Attorney at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Litigation Lawyers in Nashville, TN
611 Commerce Street Suite 3100 Nashville, TN 37203
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Nashville Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
Attorney Information
Overview
Kristi Stahnke McGregor is Of Counsel at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP.
At Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, Kristi’s practice focuses on financial services litigation, including 401(k) mismanagement and investor protection; whistleblower and qui tam claims; and class action litigation.
Kristi’s representations have included:
- Litigating on behalf of a class of U.S. shareholders in Germany’s largest telecommunications company in a private securities class action, resulting in a $120 million court-approved settlement for U.S. investors
- Litigating on behalf of classes of mutual fund investors against mutual fund companies who permitted certain favored clients to engage in late trading and market timing to the detriment of ordinary mutual fund investors, culminating in a $75 million court-approved settlement
- Litigating on behalf of investors in NYSE Euronext challenging its proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse AG, resulting in $900 million special dividend to shareholders, if the merger was consummated, and additional proxy statement disclosures to shareholders
- Litigating on behalf of several large metropolitan counties against a multinational financial institution for engaging in discriminatory mortgage practices in violation of the Fair Housing Act, resulting in multi-million-dollar settlements
- Litigating on behalf of beneficiaries of two trusts valued at $150 million against trustees for breach of fiduciary duty, including the duty of prudence, resulting in favorable confidential settlement on the eve of trial
- Litigating on behalf of the family of an American murdered abroad by a terrorist organization in a lawsuit against a multinational corporation that provided financial support to the terrorist organization in violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act, resulting in a confidential settlement on the eve of trial
- Representing Holocaust survivors, pro bono, in claims to compensation funds established by the German and Austrian governments and Swiss banks, and resulting from class action lawsuits filed in the U.S.
Kristi received her law degree from Emory University School of Law, her master of law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Münster, Germany, and her undergraduate degree, phi beta kappa, from the University of Florida. While at Emory, Kristi served as the research editor of the Emory International Law Review, Co-President of the Emory International Law Society, and research assistant to Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law Harold J. Berman. While at the University of Münster, Kristi was a recipient of the Federal Chancellor Fellowship through the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, coached the University of Münster Pace International Moot Arbitration team, and presented on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and international anti-corruption efforts at a conference between German and Italian law students.
Kristi is a member of the Georgia, New York and Florida bars.
Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, Kristi practiced for 15 years with a prominent national plaintiff’s class action firm based in New York where she gained substantial experience representing investors in private securities class actions, shareholders in corporate derivative actions involving breaches of fiduciary duty by officers and directors, and pension plan participants in breach of fiduciary duty class actions under ERISA. Kristi also practiced for six years with an Atlanta-based complex litigation firm where she gained substantial experience representing whistleblowers reporting corporate fraud to the government, including healthcare and mortgage fraud qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, consumers in data breach class actions, and bankruptcy trustees and investors in financial fraud actions.
When Kristi is not lawyering, she enjoys hiking with her husband and rescue dogs, spending time at the barn watching her daughter ride horses and attempting to turn her black thumb green in the garden.
Education
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Legal Education
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Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Muenster Rechtwissenschaftliche Fakultat,
Muenster,
Germany, 2001
LL.M
Honors: magna cum laude -
Emory University School of Law,
Atlanta,
Georgia, 1999
J.D.
Law Review: Emory International Law Review, Research Editor
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Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Muenster Rechtwissenschaftliche Fakultat,
Muenster,
Germany, 2001
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Non Legal Education
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University of Florida,
Florida, 1995
B.A.
Honors: phi beta kappa -
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn, Germany
Major: Junior Year Abroad – 1993-94
Major: Post-Baccalaureate Studies – 1995-96
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University of Florida,
Florida, 1995
Current Employment Position(s)
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Of Counsel
Representative Cases
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In re Deutsche Telekom AG Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) – Represented holders of American Depository Shares in securities class action. $120 million settlement.
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In re Mutual Funds Investment Litigation (D. Md.) -- Represented mutual fund investors against numerous mutual fund companies for late trading and market timing in violation of the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Investment Company Act, and state law. $75 million settlement.
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In re BP ERISA Litigation (S.D. Tex.) – Represent BP pension plan participants in wake of Gulf oil spill against fiduciaries of BP America pension plan for violations of ERISA.
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Kirschner et al. v. Hermelin et al. (Probate Court, St Louis County, Missouri) – Represented beneficiaries of two family trusts valued at $150 million in claims against trustees for breaches of fiduciary duty.
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Pierce/Ferber v. Fairfield Greenwich Group, et al. (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) -- Represented Madoff investors through largest Madoff feeder funds in derivative action on behalf of the funds against fund managers, auditors and administrators.
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In Re: Chiquita Brands International ATA Actions: Pescatore et al. v. Chiquita, Sparrow v. Chiquita, (S.D. Fla.) -- Represented family members of American geologist kidnapped and murdered by FARC in Columbia in late 1990s in civil case under the U.S. Anti-terrorism Act against Chiquita for providing support to terrorist organization.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- New York
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
Other Affiliations
- TAF Anit-Fraud Coalition
- Federal Bar Association
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Website: https://sanfordheisler.com/
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:30PM
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