Benjamin Flam

Benjamin Flam is an American attorney and published author based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Career
He obtained his Juris Doctor at the Syracuse University College of Law and his Master's Degree in International Relations at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, during which time he served as research assistant to Former UN Chief Prosecutor David Crane. During this time, he drafted an article on the Special Court for Sierra Leone for inclusion in International Criminal Law, Volume 3: International Enforcement, edited by M. Cherif Bassiouni. He is also published in scholarly texts, including a 2015 law review article published in the Syracuse Law Review proposing creation of a new "Public Assistance Service," an organization created to train groups of individuals to respond to natural and man-made disasters. He also serves as a Mock Trial Coach for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Flam also served as the inspiration for a fictional character of the same name in Richard Babcock's novel, "Are You Happy Now?." He also contributed to the film Kill by Inches.
In his private practice, Attorney Flam handles cases of first impression, such as Cotter v. OPM, Case No. 12-3088, tried before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals where he argued that individual employment rights for qualified disabled individuals exist under the Americans With Disabilities Act even where the government claims that national security interests preclude them, thus challenging the Merit Systems Protection Board's established precedent of declining to assert jurisdiction over such matters. He also litigated a reverse discrimination matter in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Hayes v. Boston Public Health Commission, et al., Case No. 11-11859-MLW, where a White plaintiff attorney seeking a general counsel position argued she was passed over for a less qualified applicant of color at the Boston Public Health Commission.

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