Benjamin Lewis

Spanish translator available upon request. Traductor de español disponible bajo petición Ben joined McCarter East PLLC in January 2017 as an associate attorney and became a partner in February 2022.  Although not originally from Middle Tennessee, he has developed a passion and love for Murfreesboro and the surrounding area. Originally from Paris, Kentucky, a small town near Lexington, Ben attended Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama for his undergraduate degree.  He met his wife, Caroline, at Samford.  She was born and raised in Murfreesboro, and they returned to her hometown to start and raise their family. After graduating from Samford in May 2013, Ben attended the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.  During law school, he served on the Editorial Board of the University of Memphis Law Review as Senior Articles Editor, and his Note was chosen for publication in Volume 46 of the Law Review. He also received various accolades for his pro bono and classroom work, including the CALI Award for the top grade in Criminal Law, Administrative Law, and Food & Drug Law. Ben gained experience while in law school as an intern for the Honorable J. Steven Stafford of the Tennessee Court of Appeals and extern for the Honorable Sheryl H. Lipman of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.  He also served throughout law school as a Graduate Research Assistant for Professor Eugene Shapiro, who primarily focused his research in the areas of constitutional law and criminal procedure.