He received his B.S. degree, cum laude, from the State University of New York and his J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law. Kris is a member in good standing with the Alabama Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization, and the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Trial Evidence, and Insurance Coverage Sections. He is admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Alabama.