A graduate of Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, Christopher F. Vanette is an attorney at law licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Temple University has continuously been ranked in the top of the nation for trial advocacy and legal writing. Mr. Vanette is an attorney with South Jersey Legal Services, Inc (SJLS), a non-profit law firm representing low income individuals with various legal problems, particularly landlord-tenant, consumer, matrimonial and domestic violence matters. 

Currently, Mr. Vanette is the managing attorney of the Burlington County neighborhood office of SJLS. Previously, he was a senior attorney with the Reentry Project of SJLS, which is dedicated to assisting individuals with issues relating to criminal expungements, drivers license restoration, occupational licensing approval or reinstatement, resolution of municipal court fines, and related matters. Before that, Mr. Vanette was a staff attorney with the firm, handling many civil matters including advocating for survivors of domestic violence, defending tenants in eviction proceedings, assisting people with consumer debt, and more.

Mr. Vanette has also practiced law with the Community Health Law Project, a private non-profit organization which provides legal services to people with disabilities, and Helmer, Conley & Kasselman, P.A. as well as Richards & Vanette, LLC, both private general practice law firms.

Mr. Vanette served several terms as the Chairperson of the Burlington County Bar Association's (BCBA) Special Civil Part/Landlord-Tenant Committee. He was moderator and co-presenter at many of the Bar Association's Landlord-Tenant Seminars. He has also co-presented Ethics Seminars for the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law American Inn of Court, as well as moderated an Administrative Law Seminar for the YLD. Mr. Vanette has co-presented landlord-tenant and expungement seminars for multiple vicinages across New Jersey. 

Prior to obtaining his law degree, Mr. Vanette graduated with a degree in political science from the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA.