Stephen S. Churchill

I have been a public school teacher for 30 years; it’s been my passion, my mission, my dream, and my life. I was stunned when, twelve years ago, a new principal came to my school and started to bully me with threats to my employment, false and distorted accusations, false claims on my evaluations, an...d routine hostile meetings during which I had to endure aggressive, irrational, and unrestrained hostility. The union helped me keep my job for all of those years, but eventually that support wore thin and so did I. Sadly, my story isn't special or unique; it's common among teachers. Everyone loves to say “Teachers should be paid more and respected more”. What people generally don’t know is that our worst abusers are the school administrators, and they usually get away with it. By the time I found myself in Steve Churchill’s office, I was hanging onto my sanity by a thread, full of self-doubt, anger, confusion, fear, and heartbreak. I needed solid, compassionate, calm, articulate, and expert legal help. That’s exactly what Steve provided. Attorney Churchill is not only an expert in employment law, but he has a talent for explaining it clearly, calmly, and patiently. He was able to absorb my complex story that covered so many years and reframe it for me in a legal context. After hours of pouring my heart out to him and hearing his feedback that he offered so kindly, I could see my situation with an informed, realistic, and well-reasoned perspective. He spent many hours sorting through my many binders full of documents and notes that I had collected over the years, composing a well thought-out strategy. He explained the basic pieces and options and then worked with me to formulate its final form. He made sure that I was engaged as a respected partner in the process so I could make choices, have input, get answers to all of my questions, and feel like I was getting the kind of justice I was seeking while being realistic and reasonable. He started the negotiation process with my school district and laid a solid basis for the union attorney to build on when the conflict reached that stage. Even then, Steve continued to advise me and answer questions that I couldn’t get anyone from the union to respond to. For six months, Steve never missed a beat. He responded right away to every email, text, and phone call from me. His advice, support, and expertise are far above average, and he could have charged me for every second and every email and every thought; instead, he was incredibly fair and generous with his time and his advice. I know I got the best deal in town. While his legal help was rock solid, the way he offered it with kindness and understanding was what helped me find my way back to sanity so I could navigate my legal journey and also start to rebuild my life and move forward. Attorney Churchill helped me get the justice, resolution, and closure that I was looking for, and recover my self-respect that I had sacrificed for the sake of trying to keep my job. I am forever grateful to him.

My employment case was the classic story of David vs Goliath. I was up against a billionaire that was determined not to pay my wages. Steve reviewed the facts of the case, took me on as a client and suddenly the playing field was leveled. The case was a 5 year battle and Steve never wavered. Al...ways a phone call away when I had a question or concern. No matter what the opposing counsel tried to do Steve always seemed to out maneuver them. Steve's experience, knowledge of the law, and his litigation skills are exceptional. Our case eventually went to a jury trial...we won! The opposing side appealed...we won! The opposing side finally settled when they ran out of options. The result of the case was a payday of over a half a million dollars. This NEVER would have happened if Steve Churchill did not take my case 5 years earlier. He stood beside us the entire time and was ready to fight the good fight. I cannot say enough about Steve. He changed my life. Steve is passionate about fairness in the workplace. I can make one statement with absolute certainty...If you do not hire Steve Churchill as your attorney today you will wish you did tomorrow.

At a time in my life I needed someone most - Attorney Steven Churchill was there for me. Steve took on my case when most lawyers leaned away from it and he won my case.....big time! We were up against an employer that had a lot of money to fight me and make my life miserable but Attorney Church...ill in his quiet manner fought back and won. My life today is better because of Steven and I owe him much gratitude for his advice and support through some very dark days.