Ben is the Founding Partner of Klubes Law Group in Washington, DC. He represents individuals, public and private companies and financial services providers in white collar criminal and civil enforcement as well as complex civil litigation matters.

Ben served as Acting General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from December 2024 through January 2025 and was the Principal Deputy General Counsel at HUD starting in May 2022. Ben supervised a 400+ lawyer legal department and advised the Secretary and senior Department leadership on wide variety of program, litigation, enforcement, legislative, and ethics issues.

Prior to joining HUD, Ben was Managing or Co-Managing Partner of Buckley LLP, a financial services and white collar/complex civil litigation firm from 2009 to 2022. Ben led Buckley’s growth from approximately 40 attorneys in two offices in 2009 to an AmLaw 200 ranked law firm with approximately 125 attorneys. While leading the firm, Ben maintained active financial services and white-collar practices representing banks and financial services companies in federal and state enforcement investigations, examinations, and litigation, as well as in complex civil and class action litigation. He also conducted corporate internal investigations and represented companies and individuals in criminal and civil enforcement matters.

Prior to joining Buckley, Ben was a partner at the international law firm of Skadden in Washington, D.C. Ben also served as an Assistant Independent Counsel in the matter of In re Michael Espy.

Ben graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, and from The George Washington University, summa cum laude, receiving a B.A. in History. In addition to his service on the Board of Regents, Ben is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington. He is a Fellow of the American College of Financial Services Lawyers. Ben has served as Chair of the National Council for the Arts and Sciences, Columbian College, The George Washington University and as a Board Member of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.