Christian is a fifth-generation Montanan. He grew up in Missoula before attending high school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, on Montana’s Frank Hervey Cook Scholarship. After graduating from Yale University with a B.A. in History in 2005, he returned home to Montana to attend the University of Montana School of Law. While in law school, he interned at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and graduated with Honors in 2009. After law school, Christian clerked at the Montana Supreme Court for Justices W. William Leaphart (ret.) and Beth Baker before joining HKSA in September of 2011.

Christian's practice at HKSA includes energy and natural resource law, employment law, and civil litigation. He assists local and national nonprofits and maintains an active interest in the nonprofit sector. He is the co-author of Conservation Easements: Tax and Real Estate Planning for Landowners and Advisors (American Bar Association, 2011). Christian is a member of the State Bar of Montana and the American Bar Association. In his free time, he enjoys reading, playing disc golf, backpacking, coaching soccer, and soaking in natural hot springs with his fiancé Michelle.