Background

Ben Calkins graduated from Harvard College, with honors, in 1978. Ben majored in Economics at Harvard.

Ben Calkins graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, with high honors, in 1981. Ben was an Editor of the Michigan Law Review, was admitted to the Order of the Coif and was Senior Judge of the Carpenter Case Club.

Ben Calkins clerked for United States District Court Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr., of the Eastern District of Michigan, from 1981 – 1983.

Ben Calkins commenced the private practice of business law in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1983, with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.

Mr. Calkins has practiced with, and been admitted as full equity partner in, some of the largest and most established law firms in the United States.

Ben Calkins has been admitted to practice in the District of Columbia (1982), the State of Ohio (1983) and the State of New York (1990).

Ben Calkins has received recognition in connection with his law practice. For example, he is listed in both "Who’s Who in American Law" and "Who’s Who in America," and has been named repeatedly as an “Ohio Super Lawyer.”

Ben Calkins is married to Lindsay Noble Calkins, Professor of Economics at John Carroll University, and has four children, Sarah Noble Calkins, Bradley Phillips Calkins, Patricia Noble Calkins and Haley McCormick Calkins. He lives with his family on a farm in Newbury, Ohio.  You can visit their farm web site at ShadyHillFarms.com.

Ben Calkins is the son of Drs. Evan and Virginia Calkins of Hamburg, New York and has four brothers (Stephen, Hugh, Geoffrey and Tim) and four sisters (Sarah C. Oxnard, Lucy M. Calkins, Joan W. Calkins and Ellen R. Calkins).

Ben Calkins graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, New York in 1974.