Chris began practicing law in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. After having the privilege of clerking for the Honorable Donald E. Walter, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, he joined the firm of Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell and actively litigated the defense of civil rights and medical malpractice claims for four years. 
 
In 2004, Chris joined Nix, Patterson & Roach, L.L.P., and eventually moved to the firm’s Austin, Texas office. His practice with NPR initially focused on representing families in nursing home neglect and abuse cases across multiple states. Through his multi-state nursing home practice, he secured several significant victories at trial for injured clients and their families. Chris continued representing victims of large corporations as his practice focus shifted primarily to representing victims of insurance bad faith in a class action context. He was fortunate to be a part of the NPR team that made billions of dollars available to victims of predatory insurance claims payment practices in both the personal injury and homeowner claim contexts. Chris’ practice then shifted away from class actions and became focused on representing people injured by pharmaceutical companies, serving on a national plaintiff steering committee for a large mass tort that was recently concluded. 
 
After many years of successful practice with NPR, Chris enthusiastically joined Anthony at Bruster PLLC where he continues his nationwide practice of representing clients harmed by all forms of corporate misconduct, in large scale and complex litigation against some of the largest companies in the world. Currently, Chris focuses primarily on representing victims of the tobacco industry in New Mexico whose lives were forever altered by addiction to cigarettes. 
 
In his free time, Chris enjoys exercising, hunting, fishing, traveling and motorcycles.  He has a beautiful daughter who is an aspiring artist, studying in New York.  Chris is passionate about mental health issues and homelessness in his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas through "the weirdest little church in Texas" - Sunrise Community Church.  Chris tries, albeit imperfectly, to incorporate the Golden Rule into his life and the practice of law.