Benjamin Blustein is a civil litigator with more than 30 years of trial experience. His practice focuses on discrimination, civil rights, environmental and public client litigation. Ben has been named a Leading Lawyer by his peers, and has tried numerous cases to verdict in federal and state courts across the country.

Prior to joining Miner, Barnhill & Galland in 2007, Ben served for many years as a civil rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he brought lawsuits to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws. He also served as a voting rights attorney for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, D.C., where he worked to enforce and advance voting rights.

Ben is also a trained mediator, and mediates cases for the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations.