Christian G. Payer

Christian G. Payer was born in Nashua, NH in 1967. In 1976, his parents relocated their family to South Florida, where he attended Elementary School at St. Anthony’s and then High School at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale. After completing High School, Christian attended Florida State University graduating with honors with a degree in business and finance.



Upon graduating from Florida State University, Christian stayed in Tallahassee where he attended Law School at Florida State University and worked as a law clerk at the First District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee.

After graduating from Florida State University with his Juris Doctorate, Christian moved to Central Florida in 1992 and accepted a position as a personal injury lawyer with the prestigious insurance defense litigation firm of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Kiener, Wack & Dickson. After litigating and trying personal injury cases for several years, Christian managed the worker’s compensation department at Fisher, Rushmer. In 1996, Christian joined Vaughan, Donohoe & Williams to establish and manage a trial practice that specialized in representing auto and work accident victims.

Chris was very active in the Central Florida community, serving on charitable boards at Winnie Palmer Hospital, Orlando Orthopedic Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Central Florida Roman Catholic Archdiocese.