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BENJAMIN BLUSTEIN
14 West Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60610-3811
Phone: (312) 751-1170
Fax: (312) 751-0438
E-mail: bblustein@lawmbg.com |
Current Employment Position:
Partner
Education:
Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1987
Brown University, B.A., 1984
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1988
District of Columbia, 1989
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1990
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Professional Associations:
Chicago Council of Lawyers
National Employment Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Past Employment Positions:
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C. (Attorney, Voting Rights Project), 2005-2007
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C. (Senior Trial Attorney, Employment Litigation Section), 1996-2005
Office of the Corporation Counsel, D.C., Washington, D.C. (Assistant Corporation Counsel, Civil Division), 1989-1996
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, Law Clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Jean F. Dwyer, 1988-1989
D.C. Superior Court, Law Clerk to Judge Robert M. Scott, 1987-1988
Representative Cases:
Northwest Austin M.U.D. No. 1 v. Gonzalez, C.A. No. 1:06-cv-1384 (D.D.C.)(Representing the NAACP intervenors in defense of the constitutionality of the newly-reauthorized Voting Rights Act)
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA), et al. v. Brewer (sub nom. Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. __, 127 S.Ct. 5(2006) (representing a coalition including the ITCA, the Hopi Tribe and the League of Women Voters of Arizona in a constitutional challenge to the voter ID requirements of Arizona's Proposition 200)
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Blackwell, 432 F. Supp.2d 723 (N.D. Ohio 2005) (challenge to the constitutional defects in Ohio's election system)
United States v. City of Erie, PA, 411 F. Supp.2d 524 (W.D. Pa. 2005) (U.S. District Court found that City's use of physical agility tests for police officer position unlawfully discriminated against female applicants in violation of Title VII)
United States v. Delaware State Police, 2004 WL 609331 (D. Del. 2004) (U.S. District Court found that state police entrance exam unlawfully discriminated against African-American candidates for trooper position in violation of Title VII)
Lanning v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), 181 F.3d 478 (3rd Cir. 1999) (establishing Title VII disparate impact standards in the Third Circuit)
United States v. Arkansas Dept. of Corrections (discriminatory treatment of female applicants for correctional officer positions led to $7.2 million settlement)
United States v. Town of West Terre Haute, IN (alleging sexual harassment by town official)
United States v. City of Garland, TX (Title VII challenge to hiring in City's police and fire
departments)
United States v. City of St. Louis, MO (Title VII consent decree governing hiring in City of St. Louis Fire Department)
United States v. City of Miami, FL (Title VII consent decree governing hiring in City of Miami
Police Department)
