In 2009, Drew Christman founded a law firm where he practiced law with his partners for nine years. In 2018, he parted ways with his then partners and formed Christman Attorneys, where he continues to provide clients with outstanding legal representation in a variety of practice areas. He was voted “Best Business Attorney” in Denton County in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The firm offers legal services in the practice areas of Business/Corporate, Family Law, Civil Litigation, Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Title Escrow Services. Drew got his start as an Assistant Attorney General of Alabama under Hon. William Pryor (now U.S. 11th Cir. Court of Appeals) from 1999-2002. While serving the people of Alabama, he gained extensive experience in constitutional litigation, administrative prosecution, and general civil litigation. Drew also served as a prosecutor in the violent crimes division and public corruption division of the Attorney General’s Office. He was appointed by the Attorney General as general counsel to multiple state boards and agencies, gaining valuable experience in administrative prosecution, defense, and general process. This experience was further enhanced and broadened over the next seven years in private practice as a civil defense litigator with Gidiere, Hinton, Herndon & Christman, representing some of the largest private corporations and insurance companies in the United States (i.e. Travelers Insurance, State Farm Insurance Companies, CVS, Best Buy, Yum! Brands, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of America). Drew has successfully defended multi-million dollar lawsuits involving commercial and residential construction defect, commercial trucking, products liability, civil rights/employment law, medical malpractice, tort litigation, and contract litigation. He has appeared multiple times before the state Supreme Court, and has argued four times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. After 10 years of practice in Alabama, the Christman family moved home to Texas. Drew completed his undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University, where he was the co-founder of the Gamma Chapter of Beta Upsilon Chi, America’s largest Christian social fraternity. Drew graduated cum laude from Regent University School of Law in 1999. Drew and his wife, Clarissa, have 2 boys, Justus and Austin, and a lovely daughter-in-law, Reese. Drew is a member of Texas Land and Title Association, the Family Section, and the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of Texas State Bar. Drew can be reached through his Executive Assistant, Mandi: [email protected]

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Benjamin P. Churchill was born in Columbus, Ohio. Ben graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 2003. He went on to Capital University where he received his Juris Doctor degree in 2008. During his time at Capital, Ben worked for the Franklin County Prosecutor and Columbus City Attorney Ben has fifteen years (15) of experience representing injured workers before the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Ohio Industrial Commission. In addition, he has represented injured workers in various Ohio counties before the Court of Common Pleas in cases involving the injured worker’s right to participate in the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Fund. Ben was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 2008. Upon graduation, he entered private practice representing injured workers at Malek & Malek Law Firm from 2008 through 2020. He was admitted to the Southern District of Ohio Bar in 2011. Ben joined Cox, Koltak & Gibson, LLP as an Associate in 2021 and continues to focus solely on representing injured workers.