Christopher Hanson is a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Greenville, chairing the firm’s FDA Regulatory Compliance & Litigation practice group. He specializes in tackling high-stakes regulatory issues across many product categories, including medical devices, human and animal drugs, in vitro diagnostics, conventional foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics, radiation-emitting electronic products and clinical laboratories.

He currently serves as vice chair of SCbio’s Board of Directors. And he was nominated and chosen to participate in the 2023 class of Leadership South Carolina.

Christopher is passionate about Children’s Trust’s mission, as it aligns with his pro bono work in issues related to child well-being, poverty and housing. He is eager to apply his divinity school education and legal training to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

He is an honors graduate of Yale University and received a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University as a Presidential Scholar. He also holds a law degree from Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Christopher is an at-large member of the board.