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Benjamin E. Stearns

Benjamin E. Stearns

Carlton Fields

Eradicate Hate:
2022

Ben Stearns counsels insurance industry clients on regulatory, compliance, transactional, international, and cross-border matters and defends insurers in coverage litigation. His practice extends to other regulated industries as well, providing licensing and compliance counsel to professional services, cannabis, and alcohol industry clients. He also lobbies the Florida executive branch and legislature.

Ben has provided guidance in the counterterrorism field. His work has led to presentations on the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002, a government program designed to promote the development of anti-terrorism technologies, and research on intervention protocols as it relates to health and public health practitioners.

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The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.

Nick Rasmussen
Nicholas Rasmussen Counterterrorism Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security