James Benson is Senior Counsel at Griffin & Prescott, where his practice integrates regulatory compliance and institutional governance, education policy and reform, employment and labor issues specific to higher education, and the broader legal questions facing American colleges and universities. James is a rare practitioner who brings academic depth and Washington fluency to the same engagement.
A member of the firm's Public Affairs team, James engages on policy reform initiatives before the U.S. Department of Education, congressional committees, and state regulators. He is admitted in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.