Chris received his B.S. degree in 1991 from Lawrence Technological University in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in digital and analog hardware design.

Prior to his legal career, Chris maintained a successful computer consulting business where he provided tailored hardware and software solutions for the individual needs of small businesses including law firms, publishing companies and designers.

Chris began preparing patent applications in the electrical arts including analog, digital/analog hybrid, microprocessor controlled and discrete digital logic circuits as an undergraduate. Chris worked with several law firms during his studies at the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, where he received his Juris Doctor. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Michigan and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Chris' hands-on experience, combined with his formal legal and technical training, enables him to have a unique insight in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications relating to architectures, memories, timing devices and other circuits involved in the manufacturing of computer components.