Benjamin Daus

Ben Daus represents clients in high-stakes trial and appellate matters. A trained litigator who has clerked at every level of the federal court system, Ben is experienced in trial strategy and in appellate advocacy. He also has counseled clients on regulatory risk and provides clear distillations of complex legal matters. He has worked in the U.S. Department of Justice and interned in the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. State Department. In those roles, he drafted motions in criminal trials and materials pertaining to interagency and interbranch disputes. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2025, Ben worked with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In that role, Ben joined Dr. Kissinger in meetings with foreign heads of state, U.S. cabinet secretaries, and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Ben aided Dr. Kissinger in researching and drafting two books, The Age of AI and Leadership. A skilled writer and researcher, Ben assisted constitutional scholar Akhil Amar with The Words That Made Us and historian and economist Adam Tooze with The Deluge. Ben's own legal scholarship has been cited in Supreme Court litigation and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ben is an active member of his church.