Legal Series Based On Attorney Ben Crump’s Life In The Works

Benjamin Crump is developing a legal series, Stokes, based on his life and work as a Civil Rights Attorney.

Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies), creator and showrunner of Stokes, developed the script with Nadia Hallgren (Becoming). Crump will be one of the producers of the show.

Carnahan shared a statement with Deadline. “Working with Ben Crump is a stark rebuttal of the old saying about never meeting your heroes. Three years in, through a documentary and this wonderful scripted series, Stokes, Ben is more my hero than ever, and his work has undoubtedly changed the culture.”

Hallgren said, “Ben Crump is one of the most nuanced, complex, and interesting characters I’ve ever met. The last two years I’ve spent documenting Ben during this historical time, gave me a front row seat to his singular perspective.

She added, “Ben brings together the history of America with the present moment in unimaginable ways and I’m thrilled to be working with Matthew Carnahan to share this story through a scripted narrative format.”

Crump is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law. He most recently represented the families of Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. In recognition for his work advocating for social justice, he earned the nickname “Black America’s Attorney General”.