Benjamin Crump (3/28)

Benjamin L. Crump is a principal with the Tallahassee firm of Parks & Crump, LLC. Récemment, Attorney Crump received the distinction as the first African-American to be named Philanthropist of the Year from the Association of Fundraising Professions in recognition of his donation of $1,000,000.00 to the Legal Services of North Florida. Attorney Crump was distinguished amongst Florida Trend’s Legal Elite and awarded the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Bootstrap Award in tribute to his enduring pursuit of justice, son plaidoyer en circulation au nom de ceux qui sont sans moyens de recours et de laisser des empreintes sur le sable du temps que d'autres peuvent suivre. Il a reçu son diplôme de baccalauréat en 1992 dans la justice pénale de l'Université d'État de Floride, où il a servi en tant que deux mandats président de l'Union des étudiants noirs, Président de l'Ordre des Omega et le premier président de Burning Spear. Il a ensuite obtenu son doctorat en droit de l'université de droit de l'ex-URSS 1995 et deviendra le premier président afro-américain du Conseil d'Administration École de droit de la 2009 administration.

Having overcome very humble beginnings in rural North Carolina, M.. Crump has quickly become one of the most recognizable and successful lawyers in America. He and his law partner, Daryl Parks, ont fourni une représentation légale et récupéré de grandes récompenses au nom de leurs clients dans certains des cas les plus haut niveau aux Etats-Unis. Dans 2001, le cabinet a représenté Zaniyah Hinson. Comme nous l'avons sur le Oprah Winfrey Show, l'enfant de deux ans est mort après avoir été laissé dans une garderie van pendant quatre heures 104 degrés des températures. ESPN Sports Center diffusé un autre cas, l'entreprise a traité impliquant Leeronnie Ogletree, un 39 vieux ans, l'ancien garçon de balle pour les Red Sox de Boston, qui a été agressé sexuellement par les équipes clubhouse gestionnaire de l'âge de 8 à 17. Puis il ya eu le cas de Genie McMeans, un 21 vieille année automobiliste noir qui a été abattu dans le dos en plein jour par un officier de la Floride Highway Patrol sur l'autoroute 10, une semaine après, il est diplômé de l'université. En Caroline du Nord, l'entreprise est chargé de l'affaire de Lorenzo Campbell, un spectateur innocent qui est devenu paralysé après avoir été abattu dans le dos par un garde de sécurité de boîte de nuit. Il ya aussi la question de la "Bay Street Neuf,"Présenté sur ABC Nightly Nouvelles. L'affaire concerne propriétaire foncier le plus grand en Floride à vendre zones humides financièrement défavorisés, surtout des familles monoparentales dans les années 1980 pour avoir seulement leurs maisons s'enfoncent littéralement dans le sol 15 ans plus tard. La terre, connu pour être instable par le développeur qui a rempli, causé la fondation pour donner sens rupture des conduites de gaz et en laissant les propriétaires sans eau chaude ou de chaleur. La fissuration de la fondation a également permis serpents, grenouilles, et d'autres insectes dans les maisons. Plus récemment,, M.. Crump a pris sur la question de Singletary Issac, un 80 vieille année afro-américaine, who was shot in the back of the neck on his own property by Sheriff Deputies posing as undercover drug dealers. Not one to shy away from challenging, complex cases Mr. Crump is in litigation on behalf of Amanda Lewis, whose one year old baby and father were killed in a natural gas explosion in Melboure, Floride, after gas company officials refused to check on complaints that the strong smell of natural gas was coming from the housing project in which she lived. M.. Crump is representing Willie James Edwards, III, whose body was recovered three days after a condominium parking garage collapsed in Jacksonville, Floride. It is well documented that in January 2006 M.. Crump relentlessly pursued justice on behalf of the parents of Martin Lee Anderson, la 14 année- old boy who died the day after he was restrained, beaten and suffocated at a Bay County juvenile boot camp. The camp’s security cameras captured the incident on videotape. The case has been the feature of television shows like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s 20/20 and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and continues to grab almost daily headlines in newspapers all over the nation as well as being chronicled in Essence, Jet, and Newsweek Magazines. Dans 2007, Martin Lee Anderson’s family recovered a multi-million dollar settlement, which is documented as the largest amount ever paid by the State of Florida in an individual wrongful death case.

Dans 2002, just five years after beginning his practice, M.. Crump was inducted into the Million Dollar Advocacy Forum. And after having over twenty (20) verdicts and/or settlements of one million dollars of more, he was inducted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocacy Forum in 2009. Together with his law partner, he has endowed scholarships at Florida A&M University, Livingston College, and Florida State University for minority law students, as well as a scholarship at Bethune Cookman College. Comme noté ci-dessus, as Board Chairman of the Legal Services of North Florida, Attorney Crump donated $1,000,000.00 to the organization’s Capital Campaign to insure that poor people could continue to have quality legal representation and access to the courts.

M.. Crump was appointed as the first Board Chairman of the Florida’s Big Bend Fair Housing Center, Inc, a Federal Grant organization dedicated to the eradication of housing discrimination. He was recently elected as the Board Chairman of the Internationally Renowned Tallahassee Boys Choir, and serves as current President of the National Black Alumni Association for Florida State University. M.. Crump is a Life Member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the NAACP, and a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Michael R. Moore Lodge 764, P.H.A. M.. Crump is a Past President of the Tallahassee Barristers Association and the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association and currently, he is the Vice-President of the Federal Bar Association for the Northern District of Florida. He is a member of the American Bar Association, The Florida Justice Association and the William Stafford Inns of Court.

Over the years Mr. Crump has dedicated his areas of practice to serious personal injury, wrongful death, mass torts and civil rights. He has extensive experience litigating complicated legal matters in state and federal courts, including the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Southern District of Mississippi, the Combined District of South Carolina, the Northern District of Texas and the Florida Supreme Court.

M.. Crump is a frequent author and speaker. He has recently published an article entitled “The Police don’t shoot White Men in the Back, Representing Minority Victims in Police Brutality Cases.” Attorney Crump understands that the practice of law is a privilege that carries with it certain responsibilities and obligations to our society and to our democracy. He gives freely and unselfishly of his time and legal talent to represent the poor, the powerless, the defenseless and the oppressed among us. He strives through his work to fulfill the promise of equal justice for all.

He is a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church where he serves on the Board of Trustees. He is married to the lovely, Dr. Genae Angelique Crump.

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