Carl Benjamin Lewis

*****BE AWARE OF BEN LEWIS****** I retained Ben Lewis with the promise of him advocating for Father's Rights and helping me win 50-50 custody of my children. He had a good sales pitch but that's it. He lacks professionalism, communication skills, and legal knowledge. Ben will take your money an...d you have to hound him or his secretary Emily to receive any kind of response or update. If you are looking for an attorney that will fight for you and advocate your rights- DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN AND WASTE YOUR TIME! You will be filled with nothing but empty promises and be out of your hard earned money in the process. Due to his lack of knowledge, responsiveness, and professionalism I sought other counsel outside of this firm. My case was time sensitive and I went to seek an attorney that would clean up his mess. STAY AWAY FROM THIS LAWYER! It's a shame that McCarter East partners are not reading the multiple negative reviews of Ben Lewis. Scroll through and you will find the consistencies in complaints.

Big promises, aggressive sales pitch, fight for his clients....all sales. Once the check was paid and contract signed, it was all downhill from there. Hands down the worst Communication ever. You will get an email at 4:50, if you here from him, and that's the day before a hearing. Absolutely no ore-h...earing meetings to go over case strategy and testimony, never provided "legal advice" just here's what's probably going to happen as we are walking into the hearings. Never subpoenaed requested documents, witnesses, or addressed matters provided to him. He couldn't even accurately describe my employment. However, bring any of this to his attention and he's quickly combative and somehow blames you. Fortunately, the emails don't lie as a paper trail is there. Never once provided a contact phone number, just said call the office if needed, DESPITE knowing excessive after hours and weekend Communication was needed due severity of issue. More concerning was ZERO attention to the child's beat interest, he doesn't even know my kid's name unless he goes back and looks at the case file. Worse off, he is ABSOLUTELY inexperienced in litigation and it shows. I would never recommend going into a courtroom and expecting him to try your case. Was disengaged, paying attention to his phone and iPad and missed countless opportunities to intervene on the clients behalf and allowed opposing Counsel this entire time to dictate terms. He even had the audacity and unprofessional demeanor to allow the defendant's attorney to draft the Order of Protection that was against HER client that was arrested causing the order to be necessary. Documentation doesn't lie, any frivolous response from him is expected to be defensive and claim that costs money, or I clearly told my client what the likely outcome would be, but facts and documentation clearly show a disengaged, inexperienced attorney that will not get involved deeply, meet deadlines, nor give clear legal advice like when to file a motion to block irrelevant subpoenas or protect your sensitive private medical records. Conclusion, some attorney's have passion for the law and helping people, others become lawyers for the title and MONEY. This attorney clearly represents the latter. Hence the formal complaint to the Supreme Court Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and his firing.