Biography
Benjamin Jensen is a member of the firm's Business Litigation Group, where he focuses his practice on three main areas: complex business litigation, intellectual property litigation, and regulatory proceedings.
Complex Business Litigation
Mr. Jensen represents business clients in a broad spectrum of complex litigation matters nationwide. In addition to business contract disputes, he has handled specialized subject matter, including defense of consumer class actions, commercial lease disputes, creditor’s rights proceedings, complex construction litigation, and data breach investigations and litigation. Mr. Jensen is a regular contributor to the firm’s Data Privacy + Security Insider blog, with a focus on virtual currency and blockchain technology. Mr. Jensen’s litigation experience includes jury and bench trials in state and federal courts.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Mr. Jensen has represented business clients in numerous intellectual property disputes in federal courts throughout the country, including patent infringement actions in the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of New York. He has managed major litigations in federal courts involving theft of trade secrets, trademark infringement, license disputes, and copyright infringement, including claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He also handles proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He is a member of the Janet Bond Arterton Intellectual Property Inn of Court.
State Regulatory Proceedings
Mr. Jensen maintains an active practice representing health care providers and corporate clients in connection with proceedings before State of Connecticut regulatory agencies, including the departments of Health, Social Services and Banking. He frequently represents providers in connection with audits of Medicaid payments before the Department of Social Services and in administrative appeals challenging the department’s sampling and extrapolation methods for determining overpayments.
Community Involvement
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Jensen is actively involved in the local business and philanthropic community, having served as the chair of Hartford Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs and on the Board of Directors for the American School for the Deaf. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Connecticut Forum.
Mr. Jensen has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list since 2013.