Meet the Family Law Attorneys Attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Meet Sheena Benjamin-Wise

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i got into law
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partly because when i was at the
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university of miami
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i was working with a woman who was a
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professor
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and she encouraged advocacy
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and teaching and and empowering
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especially women empowering women to
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really
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understand your rights and understand
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what you need to know in order to move
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forward
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so i was exposed to other attorneys and
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other leaders
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and i thought becoming a lawyer would
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help me coach
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parents and coach spouses and really get
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them to a point where
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you know you know what your
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responsibilities are you know what
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you’re entitled to
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with that information you’re empowered
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to you know
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make decisions for your own future so i
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thought that was a great way
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to contribute
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one thing that i find myself repeating
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often to clients is everybody’s case is
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different and
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unique your family is different and
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unique
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and so your best friend’s divorce it may
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not look like your divorce
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we really have to pay attention to that
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the nuances that really make your needs
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and your responsibilities different from
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somebody else just because somebody else
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got a big
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uh alimony monthly payment doesn’t
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necessarily mean that’s the same thing
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that’s going to happen with you
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that’s something i often find myself
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guiding my clients through

Fort Lauderdale, FL family law attorney Sheena Benjamin-Wise shares why she became a lawyer as well as her most common advice to clients.

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