Chris Johnson Hamer is a Humboldt County native. She received her undergraduate degree, with highest honors and dean’s list, from University of California, Santa Barbara. She received her law degree in 1982 from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., cum laude and dean’s list, practicing initially in the Los Angeles area. She left her partnership with Case, Orr, Paterson & Cunningham, LLP in Ventura, California to come home in 1993, when her parents became ill. Chris Hamer is an experienced legal advocate and has been practicing in Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Mendocino Counties since that time, with occasional cases in the L.A. area.Ms. Hamer advises and handles litigation in trust, estate, business, real property and elder financial abuse matters. She also handles probates of decedent’s estate and real property contracts. She is also the mother of three grown children, and enjoys running, yoga, tennis as well a number of other outdoor activities. She is on the board of directors of North Coast Big Brothers Big Sisters and President of the Six Rivers Running Club’s Relay for Life Team.