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Benjamin C. Stevens
Member
stevens@esglawmd.com
410-321-0403
Fax: (123) 321-1234
Practice Areas
Education
The Delaware School of Law At Widener University
Juris Doctor, Law. 2006
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History. 2001
Gilman School for Boys
High School. 1997
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
Rankings and awards
Benjamin C. Stevens
Professional Profile
Benjamin Chapman Stevens, is a 4th generation attorney. He grew up in rural Baltimore County Maryland first attending Harford Day School, in Bel Air Maryland and then graduating from the Gilman School for Boys in Baltimore City, where he was a two sport varsity athlete in Football and Lacrosse, ran the Student Red Cross Blood Drive, and was a member of multiple clubs, and volunteered at the House of Ruth (a shelter for battered women) and was active in the Boy Scouts of America. After High School, he attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor’s Degree in History. During college, he was an active member of a fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, and served as the House Chaplain and worked full time at a local historic institution for any Cornell Student, The Royal Palm Tavern. He was also tapped to be a member of the prestigious Sphinx Head Honor Society his senior year for his outstanding achievements and contributions both academically and socially during his tenor at Cornell University.
After college, he spent a year in Manhattan working for a prestigious former Federal Prosecutor in his private practice as a paralegal, before returning to Baltimore to work in a large Baltimore law firm, studying to get into Law school. Mr. Stevens, graduated from the Delaware School of Law, at Widener University in Wilmington, Delaware. He passed the Maryland Bar Examination on his first attempt in 2006 and scored higher than the 90th percentile which allowed him to waive in to the Washington DC Bar in 2008. After Law School, Mr. Stevens clerked for the Honorable Maurice W. Baldwin, Jr. in the Circuit Court for Harford County, Maryland.
Mr. Stevens is a licensed attorney in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia who provides legal representation to various types of clients ranging from Individuals, Corporations, Estates and Trusts. His practice is concentrated on complex civil litigation, Estate & Trust litigation/planning, Fiduciary litigation, Commercial litigation, Real Estate and Family law. In addition to his individual and Estate/Trust Clients, he currently represents more than 40 small businesses throughout the State of Maryland helping them in various areas of their businesses ranging from employment issues, litigation, corporate chartering and mergers. Mr. Stevens believes strongly that that he is both an attorney and counselor at law to help clients achieve their goals in the most cost effective way possible. He has achieved success litigating all types of matters at all levels of Courts throughout the State of Maryland and Washington, D.C
board affiliations and memberships
- Federal Bar Association
- Baltimore County Bar Association
- Harford County Bar
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Washington DC Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Sphinx Head Honor Society Cornell University
- Ravenhurst Community Association Member
Media
representative matters
Estate & Trust Litigation
- Successfully overturned a fraudulent Last Will & Testament in State Court which resulted in a criminal prosecution of the perpetrator and the children of the Decedent receiving their inheritance.
- Successfully challenged a Last Will & Testament in Orphans’ Court which resulted in multi-million dollar settlement awarding the inheritance to the family of decedent.
- Successfully challenged a Last Will & Testament wherein the lawyer drafting the Will had inserted himself as the beneficiary.
- Successfully challenged a Last Will & Testament wherein the lawyer for decedent had made himself and legal assistant beneficiaries of the Will.
- Successfully defended the Trustees of a Trust against beneficiaries claiming fiduciary malfeasance.
- Successfully sued neighbors of an elderly person for abuse of financial and medical powers of Attorney in State Court which resulted in elderly woman being able to return to her home and be award a large sum of money for damages.
- Successfully Defended a Will Challenge in Orphans’ Court upholding disowned family members from inheriting.
- Successfully Defendant the administration of an Estate from a challenge by a beneficiary over the enforcement of a loan to them by the decedent.
Commercial Litigation
- Successfully defended large For Profit Career School in multi-million dollar litigation that resulted with a defense verdict on all counts.
- Successfully represented large multi-unit residential housing company against vendors.
- Successfully represented Plumbing Company involved in litigation.
- Successfully represented commercial company of lease dispute with landlord.
- Successfully represented a local Maryland Developer in Real Estate Litigation.
- Successfully represented Real Estate house flipper in latent defects litigation.
General Litigation
- Successfully represented spouse in a contentious divorce which involved assets in excess of $100,000,000.00.
- Successfully represented local celebrity couple in waterfront property litigation.
- Successfully represented professional athlete in custody litigation.
- Successfully represented local farm in easement litigation.
- Successfully represented local land-owners in fight with Power Line company route expansion litigation before the Maryland Public Service Commission.
- Successfully represented local company in complex decoupling of 4th generation business into separately owned divisions.
Estate and Trust Planning
- Successfully represented local company in complex decoupling of 4th generation business into separately owned divisions
- Successfully Administered Large Family Trust.
- Successfully serves as a Trustee on several prominent families’ multi-generational Trusts.
- Successfully Administered Estate in excess of $25,000,000.00 in assets.
- Successfully represented local business magnate in creation of complex Estate planning to avoid $14,000,000.00 in estate tax exposure.
- Successfully represented local Maryland family selling their multi-generational business.
- Successfully represented Maryland Couple in creating a business succession plan to transfer ownership and control to their children.
- Successfully represented local multi-generational farm in family dispute.
- Successfully represent local Marylanders in both simple and complex estate planning matters.
- Successfully represent local Marylanders in administering loved ones estates allowing them to grieve.