Benjamin D. Brown is co-chair of Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice and the firm’s managing partner. He is currently serving as lead or co-lead counsel on a number of large antitrust class actions and competitor cases. Recognized as one of the five hundred leading lawyers in America by Lawdragon, he charts the course of his cases start to finish, deciding on the claims to be brought, the litigation strategy to pursue, and the approach to settlement or trial. He brings to his practice past experience gained as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice leading anticompetitive conduct investigations and trials.

Ben is a leader in the area of takings cases, claims that are brought under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution for the unconstitutional taking of property without compensation. He also represents individuals or groups in litigations and confidential arbitrations involving complex commercial disputes, particularly those involving regulated markets.

Ben has been appointed by federal courts to serve as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in matters such as In re Plasma-Derivative Protein Therapies Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.); Carlin, et al. v. DairyAmerica, Inc. (E.D. Cal.); and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Antitrust Litigation (D. Nev.). He has led cases through trial and argued appeals and stands ready to take cases through to the finish line.

Ben also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, where he prosecuted criminal cases. Prior to serving in the U.S. Department of Justice, he practiced with one of Washington’s most prestigious defense firms, where he counseled defendants in antitrust litigation matters. From this experience he draws insights into defense strategies and has earned the respect of defendants’ counsel.

Ben is a contributing author of the ABA’s Antitrust Class Actions Handbook and serves as a state editor for the ABA’s Survey of State Class Action Law. He authored several chapters on private antitrust recovery actions for the Global Competition Review’s Antitrust Review of the Americas, and co-authored with Douglas Richards, “Predominance of Common Questions – Common Mistakes in Applying the Class Action Standard,” Rutgers Law Journal (Vol. 41).

Ben is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School, where he teaches Complex Litigation, a course that explores the policy and procedures implicated by aggregated, high stakes, multi-party litigation, especially class actions.

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has honored Ben for his outstanding commitment to pro bono litigation.