Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd.

J. Benjamin Fraifogl

Staff Attorney

Email: fraifogl@ccj.com
Phone: 330.275.0944
Fax: 330.674.4469
Location: 138 E. Jackson Street Millersburg, Ohio 44654

Profile
Experience
Community Service
Publications

Practice Area:
 

Oil and Gas



Education:

  • B.A. Ashland University Political Science and History, Magna Cum Laude (2008)
  • J.D. The University of Notre Dame Thomas Aquinas School of Law (2011)

Notable Experience:
 

  • Interned as a public defender at every adult level of the Indiana Criminal Legal System (misdemeanor through Indiana Supreme Court)
  • Navy Legal Services - Intern, Great Lakes Detachment
    • Resolved and assisted with cases involving landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, veteran's insurance, divorce, child custody, child support, and citizenship matters
    • Prepared a Tennessee-based secured transactional loan with a perfected interest in a motor vehicle
    • Conducted research related to witness testimony
    • Reviewed studies discussing levels of detectability of various narcotics and evaluated clients' urinalysis results for possibility of accidental exposure
    • Investigated methods for retrieving deleted electronic communications
    • Prepared litigation binders for trial
    • Assembled and organized evidentiary support for defense counsel in military separation hearings and courts-martial


Bar and Court Admissions/Memberships:

  • Ohio State Bar Association