THE UTAH AMICUS

INTRODUCTION: Born and raised in Utah, Christian Burridge is the youngest of six children. His father, the late Tom Burridge was a Utah Highway Patrolman and retired as a Command Sergeant Major in the Utah National Guard. His mother, Sandra Burridge, who earned a bachelors degree while raising five children and worked as an educator and writer for several years.

After graduating from Brigham High School, Christian served an LDS mission to Lansing, Michigan. Upon returning from his mission, Christian attended Snow College where he competed on a national speech and debate team. It was a debate scholarship that led Christian to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California where he completed his Bachelor's degree, graduating with a major in philosophy.

Shortly after graduation, Christian married Marissa Johnson of Pleasant Grove, Utah. One month later they moved to Japan to teach English in Japanese High Schools. Christian entered law school after he and Marissa returned from Japan.

While a law student a BYU, Christian taught Ethics and Values at Utah Valley State College. Christian graduated from J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2003 and started a successful law practice. As you can see from the above photo, Christian and Marissa are the proud parents of two beautiful daughters.

My first impression would be that Christian is a natural campaigner. I really enjoyed watching Christian present himself to the media last Friday. Once again we have a successful Utah native who is ready and qualified to take on any challenger and to prove that he is the best person to send to Congress. While visting with Christian today I learned that Christian was the first sibling in his family to attend college. Being the youngest of six, his father was better able to help Christian with his tuition. Christian is a self made man who will undoubtedly give his republican challeneger a great race.