Fast forward nearly 40 years later and Chris was not only accepting his membership into the American College of Trial Lawyers, but he was also asked to provide the commencement speech at the induction ceremony. Still confident that he could lead a successful life, Chris knew that he needed to choose a career that was more cerebral than physical and decided to give law school a shot. After undergoing successful surgery to remove the tumor, Chris returned home as a permanent paraplegic. His life changed, however, when he was 17 years old, and doctors had discovered that an astrocytoma had developed on his spinal cord. Growing up, he enjoyed playing sports, going hunting, attending Boy Scout meetings – the things a typical midwestern kid would be interested in. The 900 Pound Gorilla in the Room: The Life and Legacy of a Paraplegic Trial AttorneyĬhris Davis was born to an average blue-collar family in central Illinois.
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