The Stevens Firm, P.A.
Family Law Center
1188 Asheville Highway
Spartanburg   SC 29303


Phone: (864) 598-9172
Fax: (864) 598-9264
Email: Ben@SCFamilyLaw.com
Website: http://www.scfamilylaw.com

Counties

Education
■ Clemson University, Bachelor of Science (Financial Management / Accounting), 1992
■ University of South Carolina, Juris Doctor, 1995

Legal Organizations
■ Member, Family Law Council, South Carolina Bar, 2012-Present
■ Chair, Family Law Section, South Carolina Asociation for Justice, 2010-2012
■ Chair, Technology Committee, South Carolina Association for Justice, 2013-Present
■ Member, Board of Governors, Southe Carolina Association for Justice, 2010-Present
■ Member, Executive Committee, Board of Governors, South Carolina Association for Justice, 2011-2012
■ Member, Family Law Committee, Spartanburg County Bar Association, 1998-Present
■ Member, Editorial Board, ABA's Law Practice Today, 2008-2012
■ Member, Technology Core Group, ABA Law Practice management Section, 2008-2010

Awards
■ Testified numerous times before South Carolina Senate Subcommittee regard pending child custody legislation and helped initiate and coordinate effores between the SC Chapter of AAML, SC Bar Family Law Council, and SC Association for Justice Family Law Section to craft language of this legislation prior to its passing and being signed into law.
■ Published the South Carolina Family Law Blog form 2004 to present, which serves as a resource for attorneys and litigants on substantive, procedural and office management topics. Also published The Mac Lawyer blog, which focuses on legal technology topics and practice efficiency tips. Both of these blogs have been featured in numerous publications and have received several honors and awards.
■ Founded Macs in Law Offices (MILO) legal technology forum in 2007, which is now the largest forum of its kind with well over 4,000 members.

CLE Presentations

1. "Being a "Mac" Daddy ina a PC World", August 2, 2007, Hilton Head Island, SC. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.
2. "Make Time Work For You: Handling Cases On A Fixed Fee Basis" September 21, 2007, Coulubia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).
3. "Investigations in Cases Involving Children", October 7, 2007, Greenville, SC. South Carolina Association of Legal Investigator.
4. "Being a 'Mac' Daddy in a PC World" and "Hardware and Software Options for Mac Lawyers". February 22, 2009, Nashville, TN. Tennessee Bar Associaton.
5. "Digital Detents-Using Macs in a PC-Centric Legal World" and "How lawyers Practice Law and Serve Clients with Macs...Really!", March 15, 2008, Chicago, IL. American Bar Association.
6. Family Law in South Carolina, March 20, 2008, Spartanburg, SC. SC Bar-Law School for Non-Lawyers.
7. "Lump Sum Alimony", September 19, 2008, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).
8. "Fasten Your Sear Belts: 30 Law Practice Management Tips in 30 Minutes" and "Using Macs in a PC-Centric Legal World", January 22, 2009, South Carolina Bar Annual Convention.
9. "Macs for Lawyers", February 20, 2009, Nashville TN. Tennessee Bar Association.
10. Mac@Trial and "Got Apple Envy? Macs ina a PC World", April 4, 2009, Chicago, IL. American Bar Association.
11. Family Law in South Carolina, April 30, 2009, Spartanburg, SC. SC Bar-Law School for Non-Lawyers.
12. "10 Best Websites for Family Court Attorneys", September 18, 2009, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).
13. "Software as a Service (SaaS): Practicing Law in the Clouds" and "Mac Panel Discussion", March 5, 2010, Nashville, TN. Tennessee Bar Association.
14. "iPhone Tips for Lawyers" and "Mac Software for the Law Office", March 26-27, 2010, Chicago, IL. American Bar Associaton.
15. "Attractive Aspects of Windows7 and Mac OS X" "Top Mobile Applications for Lawyerrs" and "75 Tips in 75 Minutes", April 27, 2010, Montral Canada, Young Bar Association of Montreal.
16. "How to Run Your Family Law Practice in the Clouds" and "Transitioning Your Law Practice to the Mac Platform", August 5, 2010, South Carolina Association for Justice.
17. "Benefits of Using Web-Based Case management Programs" and "Using DropBox as Your Office Server", September 24, 2010, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Solo & Small Firm Seminar).
18. "Proper Subpoena Process", October 1, 2010, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).
19. "How to Work More Efficiently by Using Digital Notebooks in Your Practice", November 11, 2010, Orlando, FL. MILOfest.
20. "Being a Proactive Guardian as Litem", January 28, 2011, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar Guardian ad Litem Training.
21. "Intro to Using Macs In Your Law Practice" and "In the Clouds'-Running Your law Office Using Web-Based Technology", February 17, 2011, Nashville, TN. Tennessee Bar Association.
22. "Law School for Non-Lawyers: The Family Court Experience", April 29, 2011 and December 12, 2012, Greenville, SC. spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
23. "Mac Power Users" and "managing Your Practice on a Mac", April 11, 2011, Chicago, IL. American Bar Association.
24. "Tech Tips for Trial Lawyers", August t, 2011, Hilton Head Island, SC. South Carolina Association for Justice.
25. "Managing Expections: What Attorneys and Clients Want from Each Other", September 16, 2011, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).
26. "Take to the Cloud: Virtual Law Offices and Cloud Computing", September 23, 2011, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar (Solo & Small Firm Seminar).
27. "Getting What Your Experts Need-Discovery Requests and Tactics to Assist Your Expert Witness" and "How to Store, Manage and Share Information 'In the Cloud'", October 8, 2011, Asheville, NC. South Carolina Bar Family Law Intensive Workshop.
28. "Information Storage: Keeping Our Heads in the Clouds", October 11, 2011, Teleconference, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
29. "Dealing With 'Other" Parents (Psychological, De Facto, Grand, Etc.)", January 27, 2012, Columbia, SC. South Carolina Bar Guardian and Litem Training.
30. "Is It All or Nothing? popular Cloud Services and SaaS vs. Hosted Infrastructure" and "A Day in the Life of a mac Lawyer", March 30, 2012, Chcago, IL, American Bar Association.
31. "iPad, iPhone & Android Apps for Family Law Attorneys", September 28, 2012, Columbia, SC, South Carolina Bar (Hop Tips Seminar).
32. "Running Your Family Law Practice 'In The Cloud'", November 7, 2012, Chicago, IL. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
33. "Meet the Rainmakers: Tactics, Strategies and Success Stories", November 30, 2012, Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar (Rainmaking Bootcamp).
34. "The Do's and Don'ts of Ethically Marketing a Law Frim", February 21, 2013, Nashville, TN. Tennessee Bar Association.
35. "Establishing and Managing Your Family Law Practice", March 11, 2013 and August 5, 2012, Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar (Bridge The Gap).
36. "Making the Switch for the Mac-Curious", "The Super-Awesome Mac Hour of Amazement", and "iOS in Action", april 4-6, 2013, Chicago, IL, American Bar Association.
37. "How to Get GAL Appointments From the Bench", February 1, 2013, Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar Guardian and Litem Training.
38. "Technology Tips for Young Lawyers", March 22, 2013, Greenville, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy.
39. "Running Your Family Law Practice in the Cloud", April 19, 2013, Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar & American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (SC Chapter).
40. "Family Law Basics for Private Investigators", May 10, 2013, Spartanburg, South Carolina, South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators.
41. "Five Essential apps for Trial Lawyers", August 2, 2013, Hilton Head, South Carolna, South Carolina Association for Justice.
42. "Practical Practice Pointers and Terrific Tech Tips" and "Riding the Cloud: How My Firm Uses Cloud Case Management", september 20, 2013, Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar (Solo & Small Firm Conference).
43. "Practical Application and Creative Extension of the Psychological Parent Doctrine", September 27, 2013, Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina Bar (Hot Tips Seminar).

Author
■ "The Fine Art of Practicing Law on a Mac"-published in ABA Law Practice (Mar./Apr. 2012) (co-authored with Randall A. Juip).
■ "A Look Inside the New Mac App Store"-published in ABA Law Practice (Mar/Apr. 2011) (co-authored with Finis R. Price).
■ "Make Time Work For You: Handling Cases On A Fixed Fee Basis"-published in ABA Law Practice Today (July 2010).
■ "Should You Switch to Macs in Your Law Firm?"-published in TechnoLawyer (Apr. 28, 2009).
■ "Computer Smacksown: Mac vs. PC"-published in NextGen Law (Feb. 2009).
■ "Why Macs and Why Now?"-published in ABA Law Practice Today (Nov. 2008).
■ "Mac v. PC"-published in ABA Journal (cover story) (Mar. 2008).

AAML National
■ Vice Chair, Law Office Management Committee (2013-2014)
■ Member, Technology Committee (2013-2014)

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