Mr. Christian is a commercial transactional attorney whose practice focuses in the areas of tax, real estate, and trusts and estates.  

He is a past chairman of the State Bar of Arizona's Taxation section. He has been listed in every edition of the publication, The Best Lawyers in America®, 1983-2012, published by Woodward/White, Inc., for Tax Law and Trusts and Estates since it was first published in 1983.

Community Activities

• Barrow Neurological Institute, Board of Trustees
  
• University of Arizona College of Law, Board of Visitors
  

• Board of Directors, Beatitudes Campus

Honors, Appointments and Awards

• AV® PreeminentTM Peer Review Rated

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America® (1983-2012)

• Listed, Southwest Super Lawyers (2007-2011)

• AB Top Lawyer, Trusts and Estates & Tax Law, Arizona Business Magazine (2009-2010)

• Best of the Bar, The Business Journal (2004)

• Arizona State University - Recipient of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree (the University's highest honor) in August 2002 for outstanding professional and community contributions
  

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
  Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section , Member
  Taxation Section , Member
  

Admitted to Practice

• Arizona, 1959

Court Admission

• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1959

Education

• LL.B. , University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law , 1959
  
• New York University , 1959
  Graduate Tax Program
• B.A. , University of Iowa , 1953
  With Highest Honors