Drew is an accomplished litigator and courtroom advocate with a proven track record of achieving successful outcomes for clients involved in high-stakes criminal and civil matters.

Drew is a former trial attorney at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission where he investigated and prosecuted some of the agency’s most high-profile matters, including the CFTC v. Gemini Trust Co., LLC matter where Drew served as lead trial counsel and obtained a precedent setting summary judgment decision, which resulted in the largest civil monetary penalty under the CFTC’s false statement statute. Drew also investigated and prosecuted cases against international and U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, global financial institutions, and Commission registrants for a variety of regulatory violations, including fraud and various forms of market manipulation.

While at the CFTC, Drew was a member of the Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology Task Force, which addressed the role that emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, play in regulatory violations and focused on matters involving cybersecurity breaches, hacks, exploits, and account intrusions performed for the purpose of manipulating trading, stealing material non-public information, or other unlawful purposes. Drew was also a designated federal officer for the Technology Advisory Committee sponsored by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith-Romero. For his work at the CFTC, Drew received the prestigious Chairman’s Award for Staff Excellence.

Drew spent over a decade in private practice, including as an associate and counsel at Clark Smith Villazor LLP before joining the CFTC. During his time in private practice, Drew represented individuals and organizations in pivotal criminal and civil matters, including a first-of-its-kind parallel criminal and civil enforcement matter brought against a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange and its founders. Drew has represented clients in state and federal court as well as before numerous arbitration panels, including FINRA, JAMS, and the ICC.