Ben Feuer, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Ben Feuer co-founded the firm and is its chairman.

He regularly represents large and small businesses, individuals, and associations in the California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ben leads and consults on high-stakes appeals and writs, including bet-the-company commercial disputes, multimillion-dollar tort actions, major real estate controversies, high-net worth family law litigation, and significant administrative law challenges. A national news network has deemed him one of the “top appellate litigators in California.”

He has received numerous awards for his successes.

The National Law Journal has named Ben an “Elite Boutique Trailblazer,” the Bar Association of San Francisco awarded him its “Outstanding Barrister” prize, Lawdragon calls him one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America, and Super Lawyers has listed him for more than 15 years. The Minority Bar Council of San Francisco also presented Ben with its “Unity Award,” for “outstanding commitment to diversity in the legal profession.” Earlier in his career, the Daily Journal named him one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” in California and Benchmark Litigation twice included him on its “40 & Under Hot List.”

Ben previously led the Appellate Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

He served as co-chair from 2017-2020, and remains on the section’s executive committee. Over the years, Ben has organized, moderated, and spoken on more than fifty panels with appellate judges, practitioners, and professors on topics related to appellate practice and constitutional theory.

He regularly authors articles on appellate and constitutional law topics for the mainstream and legal press.

His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the National Law Journal, Daily Journal, Recorder, and Corporate Counsel. He is a regular guest on KALW Public Radio, KGO Talk Radio, and Voice of America broadcasts related to upcoming appellate issues and Supreme Court cases.

Ben is on a number of prominent legal committees.

Ben served as an Appellate Lawyer Representative to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, one of a handful of attorneys from across the court’s 11-state jurisdiction personally selected for the role by the court’s judges. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society. Ben also served on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Barristers Club and on the advisory board to OneJustice, an organization that supports California legal nonprofit groups.

He served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Ben clerked for Judge Carlos T. Bea in San Francisco. He also practiced with noted litigators at the national firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Williams & Connolly, and was of counsel to the appellate boutique Eisenberg & Hancock.

Ben graduated in the top of his class from Northwestern Law School.

He was an editor of the Law Review, argued for the national moot court team, and published an article in the Northwestern Law Review on free speech and election law. He has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Trinity College in Connecticut.

Education

J.D., with honors, Northwestern University School of Law