Ben was admitted to practice law before all courts in Oregon in September of 1997. He was appointed as a Pro Tem judge for Washington County Circuit Court in 2018 for a three year term, and again in 2021. He is admitted to the Oregon state courts, the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has authored four articles that have been published in periodicals including Business Week Magazine, The Asset Protection Journal, The Brigham Young University Law Review and The International Trade and Business Law Annual of the University of Queensland. He was the editor in chief of the 2012 (revised) Oregon Health Law Manual.

Ben is also a frequent public speaker and instructor. He has spoken at dozens of seminars since 2009 and regularly trains realtors on Oregon real estate law. He was a presenter at the Oregon Health Law Section's annual meeting for attorneys in 2007 on health law. He was also a presenter at the National Business Institute's 2004 international tax law seminar for attorneys and tax professionals. Additionally, he has spoken to consumer and business groups on a variety of business and real estate topics.

​In his academic training, Ben received academic scholarships throughout his undergraduate and law school training.  He honed his skills as a writer and editor first for the BYU Law Review. Ben received his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science in 1994.  He then received his juris doctor degree at the Brigham Young University Law School with cum laude honors in 1997.