Ben is a Legal Fellow for Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. As a law student, Ben was selected for the Summer Intellectual Property program at University Lovran, Primorje-Gorski, Croatia where he studied international intellectual property and worked with European IP owners. As a student attorney with the Great Lakes First Amendment Clinic, Ben was featured in two newspaper articles on the importance of the First Amendment and its convergence with copyright and trademark law as it relates to journalism.

Ben became a percussionist at an early age. As a percussionist, Ben performed in symphonic and marching bands throughout his college years at South Carolina State University where he became a member of the Marching 101 Band and graduated with a B.S. in Psychology. Ben received his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law. Before law school Ben worked as a software test engineer during the day and spent his nights as a budding music producer and songwriter. As a Broadcast Music, Inc. member Ben continues to engage the creative process through music production. He now lives
in Smyrna, GA with his wife, Andrea, and two daughters, Jeneen and Lana.