Born February 5, 1978, in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Hartmann moved to Farmington, Missouri in 1980 where he later attended Farmington High School and graduated in 1996.  He then attended St. Louis University where he received his B.A. in Political Science in 2000; and then attended The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law graduating in 2003 when he was admitted to the Missouri Bar.  Mr. Hartmann began his career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for St. Francois County in 2003 and served in that position until the middle of 2005, when he went to the Lowry Law Firm in Hillsboro. He eventually decided to return to St. Francois County and opened his own law firm in the fall of 2005 and officially opened the Law Office of Christopher G. Hartmann, LLC in 2007.  In 2011 Mr. Hartmann and Mr. Seth Pegram joined practices and continue to serve the citizens of St. Francois County, and the surrounding counties, as The Law Office of Hartmann and Pegram, LLC.