Chris is an immigration adviser to several 2020 presidential candidates, including Biden, Warren, and Buttigieg. He has been widely featured across a variety of media, including The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, CBS, BBC, Reuters and NPR. He combines his practical experience as an attorney with a deep understanding of evolving government immigration policy. Earlier in his career he served as a United States Diplomat and has won numerous State Department awards.

Richardson is a graduate of Duke University School of Law and graduated summa cum laude from Emory University in 2003. He is also the co-author of “Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement” (2014).