Attendance is by invitation only for approximately 75 thought leaders in trade secrets law. In December 2017, Ben was invited to attend the Inaugural Sedona Conference on Developing Best Practices for Trade Secret Issues.Based upon peer recommendations, Ben has been selected as one of Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine (2011-present).Ben has been selected annually as a Georgia Super Lawyer (2005 – present).Ben has been named a Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer (2013-present).Ben was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Labor and Employment in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, 2024.Lifetime Fellow, Atlanta Bar Foundation.Judicial Selection Committee (2020 – present).Vice Chair, Legislative Sub-Committee (2013).Chair, Legislative Sub-Committee (2013 – 2015).Chair, Programming Committee (2019-2020).Vice Chair, Trade Secret Law Committee (2021-2022).Chair, Trade Secret Law Committee (Present).American Intellectual Property Law Association.

J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1992.United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia.United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia.In his spare time, Ben enjoys spending time with his family, bicycling, kayaking, hiking and engaging in other outdoor adventures. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Duke University. Today, Ben serves on Sedona Working Group 12 on trade secrets.īen is a graduate of the Emory University School of Law. During this time, he has testified before a joint committee of the Georgia House and Senate tasked with studying proposed legislation on restrictive covenant agreements served as a member of the State Bar of Georgia Special Legislative Study Committee on Restrictive Covenants, which served as a resource for the Georgia Legislature as it considered legislation and attended the Inaugural Sedona Conference on Developing Best Practices for Trade Secret Issues, an invitation-only group of thought leaders in trade secret law. He has handled disputes in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and is an AAA panelist. With more than 30 years in practice, Ben has handled cases in Georgia’s state and federal courts as well as state and federal courts in more than 15 states. In this practice, he has successfully handled countless Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction hearings.īen also represents plaintiffs and defendants in other business and employment disputes, including contract disputes, compensation disputes, business torts, partnership, shareholder and other internal corporate disputes, shareholder derivative lawsuits and securities fraud claims. He also has deep experience representing parties in disputes involving trade secrets, tortious interference with business and contractual relations, breach of fiduciary duty and/or duty of loyalty, unfair and deceptive trade practices, business defamation, trade name and trade dress infringement, Computer Systems Protection Act violations, Economic Espionage Act/Defend Trade Secrets Act claims, Electronic Communications Privacy Act claims, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims, Stored Communications Act claims and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims. Benjamin Fink is known for his work in noncompete, trade secret and competition-related disputes. A shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn, Ben concentrates his practice in business and employment litigation.īen has been representing plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving noncompete, non-solicitation of customers, non-recruitment of employees and non-disclosure/confidential information agreements for more than 25 years.

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