Benjamin M. Flowers

Partner, Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC

Topics: Constitution • Federal Courts • Federalism & Separation of Powers • Jurisprudence • Litigation • State Courts • State Governments • Supreme Court • Separation of Powers

Ben Flowers, a partner at Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC, is an accomplished litigator with experience briefing, arguing, and winning high-stakes cases in courts throughout the country.

Before joining Ashbrook Byrne Kresge, Ben served as Ohio's 10th Solicitor General. In that role he regularly represented the State of Ohio before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Ohio. Most prominently, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Ben led a multi-state challenge to OSHA's vaccine mandate, ultimately prevailing before the Supreme Court.

Ben is a graduate of The Ohio State University and the University of Chicago Law School. Following law school, Ben clerked for Judge Sandra Ikuta of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of this United States. Ben lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio with his wife Denise and their three very active children.

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