Chris represents clients in a variety of voting rights, election, and constitutional law matters. While at ELG, Chris has handled every aspect of complex litigation strategy, from the pre-complaint stage through trial and appeal. He has briefed appellate issues in the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous federal courts of appeal, and state courts of appeal. He has presented oral argument in several federal courts of appeal, as well as in federal and state trial courts across the country. Among other trial-related tasks, he has conducted major Rule 30(b)(6) depositions of public officials and examined and cross-examined expert witnesses at trial. Some of Chris’s recent successes include:

• Serving as lead trial counsel in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, Case No. 22-cv-509 (D. Ariz.), where Chris obtained judgment on all claims for his clients after a 10-day bench trial. Chris led briefing on several key issues before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed on each issue in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, 129 F.4th (9th Cir. 2025).
• Devising novel First Amendment arguments and obtaining preliminary injunctions against two state attorneys general in Media Matters for America v. Paxton, et al., Case No. 24-cv-147 (D.D.C.), including one after oral argument from Chris. That attorney general, Andrew Bailey of Missouri, later abandoned its investigation of Chris’s client and settled on favorable terms.  
• Obtaining a preliminary injunction against a state rule that restricted voter registration activities in Get Loud Arkansas v. Thurston, Case No. 5:24-cv-5121 (D. Ark.);
• Leading briefing in an appeal that resulted in the summary affirmance of an earlier preliminary in injunction victory in a voting rights case, Montana Pub. Int. Rsch. Grp. v. Jacobsen, No. 24-2811, 2024 WL 4023781, at *1 (9th Cir. Sept. 3, 2024). After winning on appeal, Montana officials later stipulated to judgment for Chris’s clients.
• Leading a briefing team that obtained en banc reconsideration of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Arizona All. for Retired Americans v. Mayes, 117 F.4th 1165 (9th Cir. 2024) (en banc reconsideration granted), which raises important questions of organizational standing.

Chris came to ELG from the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch. While there, Chris represented the Executive Branch in constitutional and administrative law cases in courts across the country, including on matters related to abortion access, COVID-19 relief, and non-discrimination in healthcare. Chris defeated several lawsuits from former Trump administration officials, including Sean Spicer and Roger Severino, challenging their removals by President Biden. He was awarded a special commendation for his work defending the American Rescue Plan Act. Prior to the Department of Justice, Chris worked on intellectual property, commercial litigation, and appellate matters at WilmerHale. He was a member of the trial team that obtained a $539 million damages verdict for Apple in its long-running litigation with Samsung.

Earlier in his career, Chris spent two years as a law clerk, first for the Hon. Alison J. Nathan, then of the Southern District of New York, and subsequently for the Hon. Chester J. Straub of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Chris attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and New York University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude from both schools. In law school, he worked as a research assistant to Professors Richard Pildes and Richard Epstein and served as an articles editor on the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy.