Overview
Ben Snyder is a partner in the Litigation Department at Paul Hastings and chair of the firm’s Appellate Litigation practice. An experienced appellate litigator, Ben has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and has handled matters in nearly every federal court of appeals. Ben also has extensive experience representing clients before trial courts, including through the preparation of dispositive motions and affirmative challenges to government regulations.
A former assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, Ben has significant experience in a broad range of civil and criminal subject areas. He has worked on dozens of False Claims Act matters, both within the government and on behalf of private clients in the healthcare and defense industries. Ben also has extensive experience litigating Administrative Procedure Act cases, particularly in the context of banking, consumer finance and Medicare/Medicaid regulations. In addition, he has represented clients in numerous appeals involving federal antitrust and securities laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), the Federal Arbitration Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Earlier in his career, Ben served as a law clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts and the Honorable Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D. 2011
- Northwestern University, B.A. 2006
Representations
- Cruise Lines International Association in 9th Circuit appellate proceedings challenging the constitutionality of a Hawaii statute imposing fees and compelled speech obligations on cruise operators. Obtained emergency appellate relief blocking implementation of the statute hours before it was scheduled to take effect, preventing potentially tens of millions of dollars in industry-wide impact while the appeal proceeds.
- Beast Investments and Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) before the New York Appellate Division, First Department, securing affirmance of dismissal of counterclaims alleging tortious interference and related business tort theories.
- Multiple fintech firms in 9th Circuit appellate proceedings arising from putative class actions under the Truth in Lending Act and Military Lending Act.
- HAP Trading in a securities appeal involving interpretation of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act.
- Heron Therapeutics before the Federal Circuit in appellate proceedings involving patent rights for Heron’s Cinvanti® treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
- The United States before the U.S. Supreme Court in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., concerning the scienter standard for claims brought under the False Claims Act.
- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in a major Supreme Court case concerning the statute of limitations for claims under the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the United States in City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas, LLC, involving application of the First Amendment to government restrictions on advertising.