Listed among TIME100’s Most Influential People of 2021, Attorney Ben Crump is known as “Black America’s Attorney General.” Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice.

He has worked on some of the highest profile and consequential cases, representing the families of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tyre Nichols, and Henrietta Lacks in a landmark medical reparations case. Additionally, he secured a $626 million settlement for Flint, Michigan, residents affected by poisoned water. His recent victories include a $310 million verdict for the family of Tyre Sampson and a $98 million verdict for the family of Botham Jean. In 2023, he achieved a $45 million settlement for Randy Cox, believed to be the largest pretrial settlement ever in a police brutality case.

Crump’s passionate advocacy before the Massachusetts Supreme Court led to them ruling in favor of a Black woman in the historic case of Tamara Lanier versus Harvard, who sued the university for the possession of the photographs of her enslaved ancestors, which are valued at approximately $100 million.

Crump’s documentary How to Sue the Klan highlights a pivotal 1982 civil trial against the Ku Klux Klan. Netflix featured his career in Civil, and St. Thomas University renamed its law school in his honor. As founder of Ben Crump Law, he continues to champion justice nationwide.