Benjamin Crump, a distinguished civil rights advocate, has served as President of the National Bar Association. His law fi rm, Ben Crump Law PLLC, focuses on civil rights, employment law, personal injury, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases, as well as mass torts and class actions. Affiliated with Morgan & Morgan law fi rm to create linkages with some of the top lawyers in the country, the Ben Crump Law Network can handle cases nationwide.
Crump has been honored with the Henry Latimer Diversity Award, The Florida Association of Fundraising Professionals, Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year, National Newspaper Publishers Association Newsmaker of the Year, National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Award, American Association for Justice Johnnie Cochran Award, NAACP Thurgood Marshall Award, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Martin Luther King Servant Leader Award. He has also been recognized as Ebony magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans.
Crump hosts TVOne’s “Evidence of Innocence,” based on wrongfully convicted citizens exonerated by clear evidence. He also led the investigation on A&E’s documentary series “Who Killed Tupac?” and appeared in the 2017 film “Marshall”.
