Before law school, he attended the California Institute for the Arts and worked as a professional violinist in Los Angeles. He returned home to Kentucky and attended UK College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2016. As a blind person, Chris is deeply committed to the equal inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society. His training in the law has afforded him the opportunity to write and speak about this critical issue. Additionally, he has written about election law and the law of democracy. Chris's work has been featured by the American Bar Association, the Kentucky Law Journal, the London School of Economics and Politics, and the Journal of Public Law. Chris is married to his best friend and fellow RUX participant Emily Pike Stewart. They're the proud parents of Chris's guide dog, Baron, and they recently became the proud new owners of Bowling Green's smallest bar, Shots.