Benjamin D. Wilson is Of Counsel in the Dallas office of Gibson Dunn, where he is a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group.

Ben has presented oral argument in the Texas Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Second, and Seventh Circuits, and the Texas appellate courts. He has also often represented clients before the United States Supreme Court and other state and federal courts of appeals. In addition, Ben often handles critical or dispositive motions in both state and federal trial courts.

Prior to rejoining Gibson Dunn, Ben worked as lead counsel for commercial appellate matters for the world’s largest retailer. Ben also has a distinguished record of public service in state and federal government. As Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Texas Solicitor General, he successfully briefed and argued many of the state’s most important appeals and advised on many of the state’s most important trial court matters. As Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, Ben lead for the Department’s efforts to confirm federal judicial nominees, including Justice Amy Coney Barrett and over eighty lower court judges. Earlier in his career, Ben served as Counsel to Senator Ted Cruz on the Senate Judiciary Committee and as Special Counsel to Senator Cruz for the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Ben clerked for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and later for Judge James C. Ho of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ben received his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University magna cum laude with honors in history.

Ben is a member of the Texas Bar. He is admitted to practice before the Second, Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas.