Ben Flowers (lawyer)
Ben Flowers | |
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| 10th Solicitor General of Ohio | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Attorney General | Dave Yost |
| Preceded by | Eric E. Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Michael Flowers c. 1987 (age 36–37) |
| Education | Ohio State University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Benjamin Michael Flowers (born c. 1987) is an American lawyer from Ohio who has served as the Solicitor General of Ohio since 2019.
Education[edit]
Flowers earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Ohio State University in 2009 and his Juris Doctor with high honors, from the University of Chicago Law School in 2012.[1]
Career[edit]
Flowers served as a law clerk to Judge Sandra Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and in 2015 he clerked for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.[1][2] Prior to his appointment as Solicitor General he served as an appellate litigator at Jones Day where his practice focused on appeals and complex trial-level motions. He litigated cases involving numerous subject areas—ranging from bankruptcy law to constitutional law—in courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Ohio.[3]
On January 2, 2019, Attorney General–elect Yost announced the appointed of Flowers as Solicitor General.[3] In that role, Flowers has argued numerous cases, including:
- Shoop v. Twyford, 596 U.S. __ (U.S. 2022)[4]
- NFIB v. Department of Labor, No. 21A244, 21A247 (U.S. 2022)[5]
- Hill v. Shoop, 11 F.4th 373 (6th Cir. 2021) (en banc)[6]
- Preterm-Cleveland v. McCloud, 994 F.3d 512 (6th Cir. 2021) (en banc)[7]
- Youngstown City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. State, 161 Ohio St.3d 24, 2020-Ohio-2903 (Ohio 2020)[8]
In 2022, Flowers argued before the Supreme Court that vaccination and testing requirements introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Joe Biden administration should be struck down.[9] Flowers tested positive for COVID-19 when he was supposed to argue before the Supreme Court, leading him to argue remotely.[9]
Flowers was an adjunct professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he co-taught appellate advocacy.[2] He is a member of the Federalist Society.[10]
Personal life[edit]
Flowers is married to Denise Vendeland Flowers.[11]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Benjamin Flowers - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost". www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ben Flowers named Ohio State Solicitor". www.jonesday.com. Jones Day. January 2, 2019. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Press Release: Attorney General-Elect Yost Announces Deputy AG for Law Enforcement, State Solicitor and Key Administrative Staff" (Press release). Columbus, Ohio. January 2, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ↑ Shoop v. Twyford (PDF), June 21, 2022, retrieved July 8, 2022
- ↑ "National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration". Oyez Project. Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ↑ Hill v. Shoop, 11, December 2, 2020, p. 373, retrieved January 15, 2022
- ↑ "PRETERM-CLEVELAND v. McCloud, Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit 2021 - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ↑ "2020-Ohio-2903" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 26, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "State lawyers arguing against Biden vaccine mandates test positive for COVID-19". Reuters. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ↑ "Ben M. Flowers". fedsoc.org. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Denise Flowers (@denvend) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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| Preceded by Eric E. Murphy |
Solicitor General of Ohio 2019–present |
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