Chris (he/him) graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1982 with a B.S. in Marine Science. After a ten-year career helping to establish commercial salmon & sturgeon farming on the west coast of the United States and Canada, Chris turned to the law, graduating Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in 1995. After graduation, Chris joined Nielsen Koch & Grannis. During his tenure with the firm, Chris has appeared in over 850 civil and criminal appeals resulting in over 100 published decisions.