"I believe that educating our youth is priority number one. Our teachers are tasked with fulfilling this priority and deserve the very best the district can offer."

Chris Dillon has been a practicing attorney in Bastrop for over 20 years.  He is a Bastrop native and 1990 graduate of Bastrop High School. He received a Doctor of Jurisprudence from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1999 and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2000. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Baylor University.

While at St. Mary’s, Dillon completed a program of studies on Global Legal Issues at The University of Innsbruck, Austria, under the direction of his professors and The Honorable William H. Rehnquist, then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as an appellate briefing attorney for the Seventh Court of Appeals of Texas before returning to Bastrop to open a private law practice.

Chris is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the Bastrop County Bar Association.

Chris has served on the board since 2018. He and his wife of 20 years, Kristina, live in Bastrop along with their two sons.