Upon graduating from law school, Chris worked in the Nashville office of the national accounting firm of Peat-Marwick-Mitchell in that firm's tax department. He began practicing law in February, 1979 at the former Nashville law firm of Little, Thrailkill & Owen, P.C. A member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations, Chris concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and partnership law, mergers and acquisitions, consulting with closely-held businesses and their owners, employment related law, and real estate. He has taught classes in the graduate schools of business at both Belmont University and Vanderbilt University.

Chris and his wife have two children and they make their home in Brentwood.