Benjamin M. Flowers
Benjamin M. Flowers | |
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| 10th Solicitor General of Ohio | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Attorney General | Dave Yost |
| Preceded by | Eric E. Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1987 (age 33–34) |
| Education | Ohio State University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Benjamin Michael Flowers (born c. 1987) is an American lawyer from Ohio who currently serves as the Solicitor General of Ohio.
Education[]
Flowers earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from The Ohio State University in 2009 and his Juris Doctor with high honors, from The University of Chicago Law School in 2012.[1]
Career[]
Flowers served as a law clerk to Judge Sandra Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and in 2015 he clerked for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.[1][2] Prior to his appointment as Solicitor General he served as an appellate litigator at Jones Day where his practice focused on appeals and complex trial-level motions. He litigated cases involving numerous subject areas—ranging from bankruptcy law to constitutional law—in courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Ohio.[3]
On January 2, 2019, Attorney General–elect Yost announced the appointed of Flowers as Solicitor General.[3]
Flowers is an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he co-teaches appellate advocacy.[2] He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.[2] He is a member of the Federalist Society.[4]
Personal life[]
Flowers is married to Denise Vendeland Flowers.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Benjamin Flowers - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost". www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ben Flowers named Ohio State Solicitor". www.jonesday.com. Jones Day. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Press Release: Attorney General-Elect Yost Announces Deputy AG for Law Enforcement, State Solicitor and Key Administrative Staff" (Press release). Columbus, Ohio. January 2, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ "Ben M. Flowers". fedsoc.org. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ^ "Denise Flowers (@denvend) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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