Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump advertises his firm on patches worn by US Open tennis players

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is advertising on players’ outfits at the U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis tournament this week by placing his firm’s name on sponsor patches worn during matches. “Ben Crump Law” appeared on a sleeve of the shirt worn by the Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac on Thursday while he was eliminating Sebastian Korda. Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic wore the same type of patch mentioning Crump’s law practice during a loss to 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev on Tuesday. Crump has been the voice for the families of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown — Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.