About
Growing up, Benjamin W. Akery’s own family moved round a terrific bit, following the route of his father’s commercial protection profession. “Moving to six new states growing up taught me to be cushty in all varieties of conditions,” says Ben. That consolation has extended to the criminal global.
In 2008 Ben joined the venerable Steinberg Law Office, which turned into based in the Twenties on the precept that individuals deserved representation against forces larger than themselves.
Ben became a accomplice on the corporation in 2016. At Steinberg, he's targeting personal injury, workers’ compensation, and social protection incapacity regulation.
Ben earned his undergraduate diploma from the College of Charleston, in which he changed into a member of the Communications Honor Society. Ben became a scholarship athlete in both basketball and baseball his first years of university. In 2008, he graduated from Emory University School of Law. While at Emory he served as personnel legal professional at the Indigent Criminal Defense Clinic representing people in Georgia’s criminal courts, he also received the Morton H. Aronson Franchise Law Award.
Ben is a member of the South Carolina Bar, Charleston County Bar, and Berkeley County Bar in which he served on the board of administrators and as president of the younger lawyers division. He serves on the board of governors for the South Carolina Association for Justice and is a member of the Injured Workers Advocates.
For 3 years in a row, he has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 2016, 2017 and 2018. He become decided on as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017 and turned into nominated via The National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 40 Lawyers Under forty in South Carolina.
He is an lively member of Crosstowne Christian Church, serves as chair of the board of directors for Healing Farms, and lives with his spouse Apryl and daughters in West Ashley.
First Year Recognized in Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants: 2016 / Recognized in Best Lawyers because 2016
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- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Workers Compensation
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- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Social Security Disability
- Wrongful Death
- Defective Products
- Car Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
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The Steinberg Law Office
2008 - Summer law clerk
The Steinberg Law Office
2006 - Runner
The Steinberg Law Office
2002
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Graduation year: 2008
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