Christopher Meyer grew up in Bryan. When he was seven years old, his parents dropped him off at a police station next to a Greyhound bus station with just a suitcase.

Child Protective Services took him in and saved his life.

Meyer says today he is deeply grateful to Texans for building a child welfare system in the 1980s that protected kids like him, and to the federal government for giving him a chance to succeed through the GI Bill.

That gratitude, he said, is the foundation of everything he does now.

Meyer entered Texas A&M in August 2001 and joined the Corps of Cadets.

The 9-11 terror attacks happened the following month, and he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Meyer was stationed one year in Iraq and was awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal.

He came home with PTSD and a 100% disability rating, which he still manages through the VA today.

Meyer used his Post-9/11 GI Bill to go to law school and has been a licensed family law attorney in Texas since 2018.

Today, Meyer is the managing member of Christopher Meyer Law Firm in Sugar Land, a high-conflict family law practice. He is a divorce lawyer who handles custody modifications, protective orders, CPS cases and evictions.

He is also a court-appointed attorney in Fort Bend County, and he takes CPS appointments specifically because he wants to make sure children in the system are safe and heard. He advocates for kids who, like him, grew up in the system.

Before law school, Meyer served as commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 233 in Fort Bend County, helping veterans get the disability benefits they earned. He still helps veterans with their family cases today.

Meyer also gives back. He is a donor to Sanctuary Foster Care Services, Child Advocates of Fort Bend, and other foster youth organizations, and he recently sponsored the Sanctuary Foster Care Services Family Fun Run on Nov. 7.

For Meyer, the connection is personal and powerful: a combat veteran helping the same kind of children the system once saved him from.

"I don't want readers to think I'm some polished lawyer. I want them to think I'm raw. I think raw is real," he said.

As Veterans Day approaches, Meyer said he hopes his story reminds readers that service doesn't end when the uniform comes off.

Sometimes it begins again in a courtroom, on behalf of a child who needs someone to fight for them.

Christopher Meyer Law Firm is located at 1418 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77478. Phone: 281-845- 2472. Web: chrismeyerlawfirm.com.