About Christopher M.
Christopher M. Baker built a legal path that combines public service and local bar involvement. He studied government and international politics at George Mason University, earning a B.A. in 2005 after beginning his undergraduate work in 2002. He later attended Regent University School of Law and holds a J.D. dated 2009.
His early practice years were spent in the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Lawyer's Office, where he took on the role of Assistant Commonwealth's Lawyer beginning in 2009. That work put him in courtrooms and behind prosecutorial files. He moved into private practice by 2015, joining Boleman Law Office as a lawyer. Records show he took a position as a lawyer with the United States Government in 2023.
Baker's minutes in local bar institutions run alongside his casework. He has been a member of the Virginia Beach Bar Association and took on a leadership role as chair of a committee beginning in 2019. In 2020 he joined the Virginia Beach Bar Foundation board as a trustee. Those roles place him in the mix of civic and professional governance in Virginia Beach legal circles.
Practice areas during his career have included criminal work from his time with the Commonwealth's office and later civil matters during his private practice period. His current office listing places him in a Tort Claims Unit, which aligns with work handling claims against government entities and related civil litigation. That unit environment requires attention to procedural detail and familiarity with sovereign-immunity frameworks and administrative claim processes.
Colleagues describe him as steady in court and methodical in file preparation. He has moved between public and private posts while maintaining ties to the Virginia legal community through bar association service. The combination of prosecutorial experience, private practice exposure, and a government lawyer role has given him exposure to trial work, claims handling and civil defense matters.
As of 2026, Baker continues to serve in a Tort Claims Unit where he addresses civil claims involving government actors and related defenses. He currently handles matters arising from tort claims against public entities and the procedures that govern those cases.
