Ben Flowers Ohio Attorney General

Flowers has received a number of awards throughout his career including ohio lawyers weekly top ten attorneys in 2001 and was a public justice foundation trial lawyer of the year finalist in 2007.

Ben flowers ohio attorney general. Ben has represented clients in numerous courts including federal appellate courts the supreme court of ohio and the supreme court of the united states. There my practice focused on. The office of the attorney general was first created by the ohio general assembly by statute in 1846.

Before joining the office i worked in the issues and appeals group at jones day in columbus ohio. Supreme court of ohio public attorney information. University of chicago law school j d benjamin michael flowers born c 1987 is an american lawyerfrom ohiowho currently serves as the solicitor general of ohio.

View attorney s profile for reviews office locations and contact information. I am an appellate lawyer in the ohio attorney general s office. There his practice focused on appeals and complex trial level motions.

The office does so in various cases that may involve state interests and state laws or other significant issues whether the parties are private individuals or entities local governments or other states. The global law firm jones day has announced that ben flowers an associate in the firm s issues appeals practice and its columbus office has been named state solicitor for the ohio attorney general s office. Ben flowers is the tenth solicitor general of ohio.

Benjamin michael flowers is a lawyer serving columbus in issues appeals and product liability litigation cases. The attorney general often supports the legal positions of others by filing amicus briefs. In that role he heads the appeals section of the attorney general s office under ohio attorney general dave yost.

The attorney general s principal duties were to give legal advice to the state government to represent the state in legal matters and to advise the state s county prosecutors originally the attorney general was appointed by the legislature. Flowers ohioattorneygeneral gov ben is serving in the ohio attorney general s office as the state s solicitor general.