Before joining Reed Smith, Ben completed judicial clerkships with the Honorable Steve Kim at the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District’s highest appellate court. Ben graduated with honors from American University Washington College of Law, where he was an editor of the American University Law Review and competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna). Prior to law school, Ben spent several years working in advertising on national campaigns and served as an officer in the Army National Guard.