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Ignorance. “Clients often don’t know their spouse’s worth. Not yet.”
This is going to hurt.
In another perspective change, Hodas refuses to sugarcoat the harsh reality of divorce. “Divorce is an incredible e ort. Maybe it’s a tug of war. Maybe it’s all out war. Maybe it’s something in between. Undoubt- edly, there are winners and losers.” Hodas approaches his cases with a focus of purpose and logic that removes emotion. “My job is to assess the con ict, draw the boundaries of acceptability, and develop the action and exit strategies,” he said. “Nothing about that is made easier by my being emotional. I get to be emotional when we’ve delivered the outcome my client deserves.”
For every action, there is a reaction.
Divorce has many faces. Hodas says it’s important that the means be appropriate
locally and nationally, including becom- ing board certified in 2014.
Board certification is the single highest individual honor achievable by member attorneys of the Florida Bar. Less than 7 percent of Florida attorneys are board certified.
“In marital and family law, certifica- tion is even more prestigious and diffi- cult to obtain,” Hodas said. Pass rates are historically low, and less than 1 percent of marital and family law attorneys share the distinction.
Hodas added, “Board certification tells you I’ve done this work, and I understand this work well. The distinction holds me to a higher standard, and it lets my clients know they can, too.”
Recently, Hodas was named vice chair- man of the Florida Bar’s marital and fam- ily law board certification committee, which he’s served on since 2015.
... My job is to assess the con ict, draw the boundaries of acceptability, and develop the action and exit strategies ...
to the situation. “So often our tactics, if not our strategy, is informed by how the opposite spouse conducts their business. This will be as reserved or as charged as they make it.”
Attitude is not everything.
No amount of perspective change can make up for the hard work that goes into these cases. And, effort without experi- ence is hardly beneficial. Ben Hodas has spent many years working at the high- est level of the practice, beginning at the very launch of his career in 2002. “I had the opportunity to learn under the best of the best. As a young lawyer I was a sponge, which I continue to be today.” Hodas is a student of his legal practice area and has gone to great lengths to es- tablish and strengthen his professional profile within the legal community, both
The company you keep.
At the highest level of divorce and fam- ily lawyers is a small cadre of collegial attorneys who take great pride in set- ting the expertise and outcome bars for the practice. “These are the lawyers who want the big cases, the more complex the better,” Hodas commented. “It’s a badge of honor to count myself among them.”
Hodas said these relationships go to the heart of what he believes the practice of law should always be about. “We don’t get to stop learning. We shouldn’t want to.  e more we know and can share about tactics, lessons learned and even the state of the practice, the better we are for our clients and our  rms.” Hodas concluded, “I’m all about the outcome. Anything in keeping with my professional ethics and best prac- tices, that helps me bring clients the appro- priate outcome, I’m going to do.”
At a Glance
The Law Of ce
of Benjamin T. Hodas 515 N. Flagler Drive, Ste. 700 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 (561) 275-7800 www.hodaslaw.com
Practice Area
Board Certi ed in Marital and Family Law
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2001
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, University of Florida, 1998
Bar Admissions
Florida, 2002
U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Florida, 2017
Professional Memberships
 e Susan Greenberg Family Law American Inn of Court of the Palm Beaches, Founding Member & Master
Palm Beach County Bar Association Subcommittee for Model Parental Time Sharing, Former Chair
Marital and Family Law Board Certi cation Committee, Vice Chairman
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