Ben G Smith

Benjamin G. Smith is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn. He practices in the Firm’s Litigation department, White Collar Defense & Investigations, and Antitrust & Competition Practice Groups. Ben also maintains a robust pro bono practice in both state and federal courts.

Prior to rejoining the firm, Ben served as a law clerk to the Honorable Reena Raggi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and recipient of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize. He served as a Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review and published Fraud and Federalism: How the Modern Court Has Used the Meaning of “Property” to Reshape Federal Fraud Jurisprudence, 124 Colum. L. Rev. 1157 (2024). He also won first place in both oral advocacy and overall advocacy at the 30th Annual National Native American Law Student Association moot court competition.

While in law school, Ben held roles at the New York Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Fraud Bureau and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Before law school, he was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and earned his undergraduate degree with High Honors from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Ben is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Antitrust and Competition
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2024 Juris Doctor
• University of Michigan - 2018 B.B.A. Business Administration

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar
• New York Bar

Clerkships:

• US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. Reena Raggi, 2025 - 2026