Ben Fabens- Lassen

Ben Fabens-Lassen

Associate
About

Ben’s nationwide practice focuses on litigation against the government, appellate litigation, defending quasi-criminal civil litigation, and legal issues relating to brand protection. Ben represents clients across various sectors, including companies in the life sciences, consumer goods, telecommunications, and financial services sectors.

 

At the trial level, Ben has significant experience drafting dispositive motions and discovery motions; developing discovery, trial, and appellate strategies; and litigating cases through trial. He also has experience defending quasi-criminal civil actions, including antitrust, civil RICO, False Claims Act, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, counterfeiting, and fraud cases.  And he has experience prosecuting affirmative litigation against the government, including litigation challenging legislative enactments and administrative subpoenas, rules, and decisions.  Ben also advises clients on issues relating to corporate separateness and efforts to pierce the corporate veil.

 

At the appellate level, Ben has drafted dozens of merits briefs and amicus briefs in federal and state appeals courts.  He also has presented oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, federal district courts, and arbitration panels.

 

Ben maintains an active pro bono practice, focused primarily on civil rights, voting rights, and amicus advocacy in appellate courts.

Ben clerked for the Honorable Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Honorable Paul S. Diamond, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. During law school, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Law Review and graduated summa cum laude.  He served as a judicial intern for the Honorable J. Curtis Joyner, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Honorable Dolores Sloviter, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Bar admissionsCaliforniaNew JerseyPennsylvania
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
Education
  • J.D., Temple University

    summa cum laude
    Editor in Chief, Temple Law Review, Vol. 87

  • B.A., Political Science and Economics, University of Pittsburgh
    magna cum laude

Bylines

  • Co-Author, "Suspending antitrust limitations periods during the COVID-19 pandemic: Constitutional and practical implications," WestLaw, May 19, 2020

Clerk Experience

  • Law Clerk to Honorable Jane R. Roth, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2017-2018
  • Law Clerk to Honorable Paul S. Diamond, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2015-2016

Prior Experience

  • Previously worked at a Philadelphia law firm focusing on complex litigation

Additional Information

In 2016, after completing an extensive FBI background investigation, Ben received Top Security Clearance to review Sensitive Compartmented Information.

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(Work, Los Angeles)