Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse
Ben represents people who have been seriously injured and those who have been neglected or abused in nursing homes, hospitals, or other long-term care facilities. Ben is licensed to practice in New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Prior to PKSD, Ben defended catastrophic personal injury and product liability claims across the country. Ben is honored to use the knowledge he gained working on the other side to advocate for families harmed by corporate negligence. He loves to stand up to a bully.
Ben was part of the PKSD trial team that obtained an $11 million verdict in Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) New Mexico in 2019 for an elderly woman who developed pressure ulcers on her heels at a nursing home due to the facility’s negligence. Her heels became infected leading to sepsis and ultimately her death. After a hard-fought 8-day trial, the jury awarded our client $5 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages. Ben was instrumental in defeating the nursing home’s effort to overturn the verdict on appeal before the New Mexico Court of Appeals and New Mexico Supreme Court.
Ben was named a Rising Star each year from 2019 to 2023 and a Super Lawyer in 2024 and 2025. He was also named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40. In 2022, Ben was invited to attend the prestigious Gerry Spence Method Trial Skills Program at Thunderhead Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming (formerly Trial Lawyers College). There, he had an opportunity to learn from some of the best trial lawyers in the country.
Ben graduated cum laude in the top 10% of his class from Marquette University Law School. At Marquette, he was a judicial intern for Judge Aaron E. Goodstein at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He also interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Ben is an active member of the American Association for Justice Nursing Home Litigation Group, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, the Southern New Mexico Bar Association, and a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Ben has deep family roots in the Borderplex region of Southern New Mexico/West Texas. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife and daughter.
Bar Admissions
- State of New Mexico
- State of Texas
- State of Wisconsin
- State of Illinois
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin, District of New Mexico, and Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Memberships & Accolades
- Wisconsin Law and Politics Magazine Rising Star 2019-2023
- Wisconsin Law and Politics Magazine Super Lawyer 2024-2025
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
- Nursing Home Litigation Group – American Association for Justice
- Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association
- Gerry Spence Method (formerly Trial Lawyers College) Graduate
Education
- Marquette University Law School, J.D., cum laude (Top 10%)
- Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
- CALI Award Winner – Advanced Trial Advocacy
- CALI Award Winner – Comparative Transitional Justice
- Inducted into Pro Bono Honor Society
- Colorado College, B.A.
