Jacob Benson’s practice comprehends representing and advising clients in a wide range of complex litigation and pre-litigation disputes, government investigations, and antitrust matters.  He has represented major national and international corporations, as well as partnerships, LLCs, and individuals, in state and federal trial and appellate courts, in proceedings before and disputes with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and in arbitrations.  Jacob’s antitrust experience includes advising clients on issues related to mergers and acquisitions, and he has handled all aspects of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification process, from determining whether an HSR filing is required, through preparing and submitting a completed filing, to defending the merits of transactions and advising on potential consent agreements with government agencies. 

Jacob clerked for the Honorable Steven C. Mannion in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.  He also advised and assisted Kevin J. Arquit when Mr. Arquit served as sole arbitrator in the first-ever, precedent-setting arbitration of a merger dispute between the Department of Justice and two parties to a major proposed merger. 

EDUCATION

• New York University School of Law, J.D.

• Harvard University, A.B.

ADMISSIONS

• New York

• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

PUBLICATIONS

• “Stamped With the Authority of More Enlightened Patrons of Liberty”: Justice Scalia’s Federalist, 40 Dayton L. Rev. 295 (2016).