Ben Hand

 

Born September 12, 1964, Ben earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Auburn University in 1987 and a Juris Doctorate degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1990. He also spent six years in Central America and is familiar with customs and conditions of the region, as well as being a fluent speaker of the Spanish language. 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 currently 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. 

 

Ben was hired by Chief of police, Terry Sanders, to represent him in a dispute with the Valley City Council in Valley, Alabama. He was also hired by Chief of Police , Ben Brown, to represent him in negotiations with the Lanett City Council and the mayor of Lanett, Alabama. 

 

Ben is a Gideon speaker and member since 1992. He is the former city attorney for Uniontown, Alabama and the current Municipal Judge of Opelika and Wedowee, Alabama. Ben is a family court referee in Lee County, Alabama

 

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 maintains the expertise, experience, and knowledge needed to represent you.