Ben focuses his legal practice on insurance defense litigation and has extensive experience handling insurance coverage matters. His experience includes defending claims involving toxic torts/asbestos, products liability, premises liability and personal injury. Ben’s practice also includes defending clients against workers’ compensation claims in both Illinois and Missouri.
Practices
- Obtained Motion to Dismiss for municipal public works client after Plaintiff’s commercial property flooded with water and alleged that our client was negligent in supervising and inspecting pipeline work performed near Plaintiff’s property; the Court agreed with our Defense that our client had sovereign immunity, and that Plaintiff failed to plead a waiver of the sovereign immunity or state any facts indicating that the limited exceptions were applicable, and ruled in favor of our client.
Education
- University of Missouri School of Law, JD, 2014
- University of Missouri, BA, History and Psychology, 2010
Admissions
- Missouri
- Illinois
Affiliations
- Happy 2 Give, Committee Member
Languages
- English
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Recognition
- Included among The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 Edition in the area of Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Previously named to the Super Lawyers Missouri Rising Stars list for two consecutive years in the practice of Civil Litigation
- Included among the Best Lawyers© Ones to Watch inaugural 2021 Edition, and annually until 2024 in the categories of Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Product Liability Litigation and Workers’ Compensation Law