Benjamin “Ben” Williams is a litigation Senior Counsel in the firm’s Raleigh office. He focuses his practice on labor and employment litigation. Ben regularly represents companies and clients in state and federal court throughout North Carolina, as well as before federal and state administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, the US Department of Labor, and North Carolina Department of Labor. He has broad experience representing clients in employment cases involving claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and comparable state statutes. Ben has experiencing representing clients facing allegation of other federal civil rights, including educational institutions, housing providers, and other recipients of federal funds.
Admissions
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Education
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill School of Law, 2018
- B.A., Economics, University of Utah, 2014
Languages
- Spanish