Atty. Benjamin Blustein
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.
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Benjamin Blustein is a Partner based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Miner Barnhill Galland P C. They have 38+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1988. Their practice focuses on discrimination, litigation, civil rights, consumer, and environmental. Admitted to practice in Illinois (1988), District of Columbia (1989), U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (1990), and U.S. Supreme Court (2006). Educated at Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1987) and Brown University (B.A., 1984). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- 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
- At MBG, Ben represents both individual clients as well as organizations like the NAACP and Sierra Club
- In recent years, he has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for numerous states that have sued companies for violating consumer protection and anti-fraud laws
- This work has included representing several states that brought cases against drug manufacturers for reporting inflated drug prices that resulted in windfall profits at the expense of taxpayers
- Ben is also a trained mediator, and mediates cases for the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations
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Benjamin Blustein is one of 7,100 discrimination attorneys indexed nationally. Browse discrimination attorneys in Illinois →
Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Civil rights attorneys for discrimination, police misconduct, constitutional rights, and civil liberties cases.
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Consumer protection attorneys for fraud, lemon law, debt harassment, and deceptive trade practices.
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Environmental attorneys for regulatory compliance, contamination, land use, and natural resource law.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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