Benjamin D. Brown
Benjamin Brown, a Partner at the Firm, joined the firm in 2005 and is a member of the Antitrust practice group. He has extensive experience in complex litigation and class actions.
He is currently serving as counsel for plaintiffs in, among other cases, In re Aspartame Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.); Brookshire Bros., Ltd., et al. v. Chiquita Brands Int'l., Inc., et al. (S.D. Fla.); In re Rubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ca.); In re Pressure Sensitive Labelstock Antitrust Litigation (M.D. Pa.); and John Boyd, et al. v. AWB Limited, et al. (S.D.N.Y.).
Mr. Brown came to Cohen Milstein after four years as a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. While there, Mr. Brown led and assisted in numerous investigations, litigations and trials involving anticompetitive conduct and mergers. Mr. Brown also prosecuted criminal cases as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, he spent three years as a litigator in private practice: first with Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in San Francisco, California, working on complex commercial litigation, including class actions, and then with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., handling insurance coverage and antitrust litigation. Prior to practicing, Mr. Brown served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Since 2005, Mr. Brown has served as a state editor for the ABA's annual survey of state class action law. He also co-authored a chapter on private antitrust recovery actions for the forthcoming 2008 Global Competition Review's Antitrust Review of the Americas. He has been interviewed regarding antitrust class actions by CNBC and various NBC affiliates, and by radio networks including ABC and the AgriBusiness Network.
Mr. Brown is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997), where he was an editor and executive board member of the Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, and the University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.A.in Philosophy, with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992).
Mr. Brown is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia.
Contact: bbrown@cmht.com
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