Benjamin J. Glicksman
Ben is a versatile commercial litigator and strategic advisor who specializes in complex litigation, including consumer class actions, business disputes, and false advertising claims. He served as co-class counsel in a certified nationwide class action on behalf of more than 14,000 individuals against a Utah-based trucking company that resulted in a multimillion dollar settlement. Ben has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers™, Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch 2022, and by the Wisconsin Law Journal™ as one of Wisconsin’s Up and Coming Lawyers. He served as corporate counsel in-house at a global consumer packaged goods company for four years before rejoining KHK. He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and Arizona.
PRACTICE AREAS
• Class Action Litigation
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Shareholder and Partnership Litigation
• Employment Law
• Professional Malpractice
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Franchise and Dealership Litigation
PUBLISHED WORKS
• Author: Game Change: Letting Student-Athletes Earn a Living, 2 Arizona State University Sports & Entertainment Law Journal 1 (May 2012)
• Co-Author: Adjusting the Stream? Analyzing Major League Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption After American Needle, Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Vol. 2, Issue 2, p. 265 (Spring 2011)
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
• Selected, “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs, 2022
• Selected, “Rising Star” by Wisconsin Super Lawyers® for 2016-2021
• Selected by Wisconsin Law Journal as one of 30 “Up and Coming Lawyers” in the State of Wisconsin, 2016
REPORTED DECISIONS
• Roberts, et al. v. C.R. England, Inc., et al., 321 F.Supp.3d 1251 (D. Utah, 2018)
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Wisconsin, 2011
• Arizona, 2018
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2015
• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2018
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2011
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2011
ABOUT BEN
Ben was born in Tucson, Arizona and currently resides in Fox Point with his wife and two daughters. Ben is a diehard sports fan with loyalties to the Brewers, Packers and Arizona State Sun Devils.
EDUCATION
• Harvard Law School / J.D., 2011
• Arizona State University / B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication), Barrett Honors College, summa cum laude, 2008
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
• Harvard Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law, President 2010-2011; Communications Director 2009-2010
• Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Executive Editor 2010-2011; Article Editor 2009-2010
• University of Arizona Sports Law Clinical Intern, January 2011
• Boston Celtics Sports Law Clinical Intern, October 2009-May 2010
• Teacher’s Assistant for Professor Peter Carfagna in Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal History and Evolution of America’s Three “Major League” Sports: MLB, NFL and NBA, Fall 2010
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• B’nai Brith Youth Organization Advisor, 2011-2020
• Fox Point Police Commission, 2023-present