Grant, A. Gordon

Ben Robinson is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, white-collar crime, and antitrust investigations. Ben is involved in the representation of corporations and corporate officers implicated in private litigation as well as civil and criminal matters before the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state agencies. His experience includes a variety of civil litigation matters involving claims under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, RICO, and the Antiterrorism Act. Ben also has conducted internal investigations and reviewed corporate compliance programs. His antitrust experience includes mergers, acquisitions, government investigations, and compliance counseling.

Ben maintains an active pro bono practice that currently includes the appellate defense of a prevailing habeas petitioner before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and litigation on behalf of a petitioner seeking immigration relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

Ben helped edit the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association's 2008 Transition Report, which detailed the current state of federal antitrust and consumer protection enforcement for the incoming executive administration. He is the author of "Distilling Minimum Due Process Requirements for Punitive Damages Awards," 60 Fla. L. Rev. 991 (2008) and "Constitutional Law: Suppressing the Exclusionary Rule," 59 Fla. L. Rev. 475 (2007). Before law school, Ben spent several years at IBM Corporation providing consulting services to various U.S. military and intelligence agencies.