About Mr. Chris
Mr. Chris Covington completed his undergraduate studies in political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, receiving his B.A. in 1967. He went on to pursue legal training at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, earning his J.D. in 1977 and later an LL.M. in 1981 in Law & Business and Taxation with a transnational practice emphasis.
Covington served in the U.S. Army as a Captain in Air Defense Artillery in 1972. That period of service preceded his legal education and appears to have informed the discipline he brought into his subsequent civilian career.
He entered private practice in the early 1980s and became a partner in 1983 at Hardin Cook Loper Engel & Bergez. His work there marked the start of a career that would move between law firms, in-house counsel roles, and leadership positions in corporate legal departments.
Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, Covington held senior corporate counsel roles. In 1990 he became Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Vanstar (formerly Computerland). A decade later he occupied the same titles at Interland in 2000. In 2003 he joined Wal-Mart as Senior Assistant General Counsel, a role that placed him inside one of the nation’s largest retail corporations during a time of expansion and legal complexity.
Following his in-house tenure, Covington shifted toward advisory and principal roles. In 2004 he served as Principal at Martin Wolf Securities. By 2009 he had established or joined Covington Business Law as a practicing lawyer, moving back into a more directly client-facing capacity.
His career reflects a blend of litigation readiness, transactional work, and corporate governance. Time spent as general counsel and secretary at publicly traded and private companies gave him experience in securities matters, compliance, contracts, and executive-level risk management. His LL.M. in law, business and taxation signals additional training in tax and cross-border commercial matters.
Colleagues and clients have found him steady in roles that require both legal judgment and practical business sense. He has balanced in-house responsibilities with periods of private practice and advisory work, a pattern that has kept his skills current across several legal disciplines.
He practices in California and concentrates on business law, corporate governance, securities matters and taxation in his current practice.
