From Lugenbuhl’s New Orleans office, Benjamin focuses on several practice areas including bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions; litigation; and asset-based finance. After graduating from Louisiana State University in 2002, Benjamin earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School in 2005. During law school, he served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Alma Chasez, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2004-2005), and as a volunteer clerk for the Honorable Judge Sarah Vance, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2003).

Benjamin has also actively participated in a number of merger and acquisition transactions pertaining to numerous businesses based in the Gulf Coast, with a focus upon representation of non-public buyers and sellers in equity and asset sales. Because of his experience in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, Benjamin has direct experience and knowledge regarding the purchase or sale of assets by distressed companies, including navigating the process while a buyer or seller is in bankruptcy.

In addition to his private practice, Benjamin is a Past-Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section and regularly provides pro bono services for the Propeller Network, which efforts
were recognized by the Louisiana State Bar Association in 2015 by his receipt of the Pro Bono Publico Award.  

Benjamin is recognized in Best Lawyers (2019-2024), listed in the Chambers and Partners USA Guide (2017-2023) in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, recognized by Super Lawyers (2021-2024) and Super Lawyers’ Rising Star (2014-2019), and a Top Lawyer by New Orleans Magazine in Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2014-2023). Benjamin also enjoys an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.