Christopher John Gonnella was born on August 20, 1977 in Rahway, New Jersey. As an undergraduate Mr. Gonnella attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania where he received a B.A. degree in Government & Law, along with a minor in Economics & Business, in 1999. Mr. Gonnella attended New York Law School where he earned his J.D. in 2002. Thereafter, he was admitted to the State Bars of New Jersey and New York in 2003.

Mr. Gonnella served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank W. Gasiorowski, J.S.C. in Somerset County, from 2002-2003.  Prior to joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin as an associate in 2004, Mr. Gonnella concentrated his practice in the areas of construction/professional malpractice while with the firm of Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas in New Brunswick, New Jersey.