Kris served as Chief of Staff for Louisiana Senator Russell B. Long, one of the longest serving senators in U.S. history and Long Law Firm’s namesake. When Long retired from the Senate in 1988, Kris joined him in founding the firm and served as managing partner for seven years. In 2012, Kris earned the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
EDUCATION
>Louisiana State University, B.S., 1970 Personnel Management
>Rotary International Scholarship – 1971-1972 – Edinburgh University, Scotland >Yale University, M.A.R. – 1974 – Master of Arts in Religion
>Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Juris Doctorate – 1975 >Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kapa Phi
PRACTICE
>Long Law Firm
1800 City Farm Drive
Building 6
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806
(225) 922-5110
>Principal Practice Areas: Governmental Relations on both the state and federal level with particular emphasis in the fields of tax, health care, foreign trade, and insurance. MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
>Baton Rouge Bar Association
>Louisiana State Bar Association
>District of Columbia Bar Association
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
>Rotary Club of Baton Rouge
>Volunteer Activist Award – Baton Rouge – 1999
>Academic Distinction Fund – Past President and Board Member
>Louisiana Arts and Science Center – Past President and Board Member >Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge – Board Member
>Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana – Past President and Board Member >Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation – Past President and Board Member >Committee of 100 for Economic Development – Executive Committee