Christian Waugh is Board Certified in Real Estate Law and practices throughout the State of Florida. He also handles selected matters in other states.

Christian’s practice areas include real estate, litigation, probate, appeals, municipal law, in both state and federal court, and the full range of business law matters. As a part of his generalist practice, he provides counsel to facilitate large-scale commercial closings, advises POAs and HOAs, and drafts contracts and other documents. He also provides litigation services for probate, commercial, real estate, and many other types of cases. As a trial attorney, Christian has had over 40 trials, mostly jury trials, in both federal and state courts. In the last few years, he has handled a many appeals across Florida's appellate courts, including the Florida Supreme Court.

Christian currently serves as the Town Attorney for Hilliard, Florida; the Town Attorney for Pierson, Florida; the Interim Town Attorney for Callahan, Florida; and a Special Master for Citrus County, Florida, pursuant to Chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes. Previously, he served as a long-time Member and Vice-Chair of the Fifth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and as a Member of the Orange County Charter Review Commission. He is a member of the Federal Bar Association and several county bar associations, including the Dade County Bar Association.

In 2013, Christian practiced as an associate attorney with a trial and commercial litigation boutique law firm in Coral Gables. From 2011 to 2013, he worked as an associate with Gilligan, King & Gooding, P.A. in Ocala, where he focused on litigation and municipal law. In 2010 and 2011, he served as an appointed Assistant State Attorney in the State Attorney's Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit for Orange and Osceola counties.

From 2007 to 2009, Christian was an MBA student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he specialized in different areas of international law, such as mergers and acquisitions and international arbitration. He is currently the president of the UF Economics Society Alumni organization.

Christian is conversant in Indonesian and has working knowledge of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He enjoys swimming, writing on political and legal issues, rooting for the Gators and Boston sports teams, and is a member of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Maitland.

Publications

• “Public Cost-Shifting and Effects of Individual Court Rules,” Federal Bar Association, Fall 2018
• “Deposition Help?” Florida Bar News, May 2017
• “In Praise of the Oxford Comma,” Florida Bar Journal, May 2017
• “Bar Needs IOTA Reform!,” Florida Bar News, February 2015
• “Florida Bar Needs an Ombudsman,” Florida Bar News, January 2015
• “Expert Witness Testimony Admission Standards,” Florida Bar Journal, November 2014
• “Why Hong Kong Should Matter to Us,” Orlando Sentinel, October 2014
• “How to Make Florida a Trade Winner,” Tampa Bay Times, March 2014