Jd Ben HandBen Hand is the founding partner of Hand Law Firm, LLC. as well as a partner in Hand & Hand Mediation, LLC. Ben was admitted to the Bar in Alabama in 1990 after earning his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Ben completd his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Auburn University in 1987.Ben was born in Valley, Alabama and travelled as a child to Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico with his parents who worked as missionaries and teachers. It was during his childhood travels that he learned to love the Central American culture and learned to speak fluent Spanish. After high school, Ben returned to Auburn and has remained a citizen of Lee County for thirty-five years.In 1990, Ben founded Hand Law Firm, LLC. He has been practicing for over twenty five years. Ben focuses his practice on criminal defense, civil litigation, social security, family law, and probate law. In addition to his duties at Hand Law Firm, Ben is also a state registered mediator and has served as a Municipal Judge for over twenty years. Ben has served the cities of Roanoke, Wedowee, Camp Hill and Opelika during his tenure as Municipal Judge and Prosecutor and thus has a unique perspective in criminal defense.Ben established and is currently the Vice President of the Legal and Contracting with Emergency Response Training Systems, the only company to run military style software (jcats/acats) for training of civilian law enforcement (ERTS Opelika, Alabama). This also provides homeland security training for the Auburn University Homeland Security department.Ben Hand is the winner of various Who's-Who awards, the Republican of the year for 2001, and a Republican Nominee for the U.S. House in 1994. He is licensed to practice law in Alabama and Georgia. Ben founded Hand, Fellows and Associates law firm and is the founding member of the board of directors of Beacon University in Columbus, Georgia. Ben represents thirty-two different non-profit organizations in Alabama, Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. He is a legal adviser to seventy-five different small business and corporations. In 2006, charges were brought for an article Justice Parker, Alabama Supreme Court Judge, wrote critical of his colleagues. Parker asked Ben to represent him during the investigation. The Judicial inquiry commission found that Justice Parker had not violated any ethics codes. Ben is a Gideon speaker and member since 1992. Ben lives in Opelika with his wife Elizabeth Hand, together they are raising their ten children. Read More Read Less