Chris is an enrolled member of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation in Oklahoma.

Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma (1984).  Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School (1992).

Bar memberships include: Navajo Nation, Utah, New Mexico, and the United States Supreme Court.

Chris started his legal career in Farmington, New Mexico.  He was admitted to the Navajo Nation Bar in 1993.  Chris litigated extensively in the Navajo Nation District Courts in Shiprock and Crownpoint and served as a Hearing Officer for the Navajo Nation Housing Authority.  In 1997, Chris became an Assistant United States Attorney in Salt Lake City and prosecuted federal crimes from the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation.

Since 2012, Chris has served as the Unit Chief for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Office of the General Counsel, Criminal Justice Information Law Unit (CJILU).  The CJILU provides legal advice to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia which serves 18,000 tribal, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.