Ben Grimes, Esq.
BKG Leadership Coaching https://www.linkedin.com/in/benkgrimes/
About The Lecturer
Benjamin K. Grimes retired from the Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps after a 20-year military career. After a further seven years in public service as the Deputy Director of the Department of Justice Professional Responsibility Advisory Office (PRAO) and experience as the Vice Chair of the DOJ Association of Black Attorneys, Ben began coaching lawyer leaders full time.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Ben began his military career as a helicopter pilot flying the UH-60 Blackhawk, serving in Alabama, Kentucky, and South Korea. He was selected for the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program and joined the JAG Corps, serving as an Administrative Law Attorney and Trial Counsel (military prosecutor) in Germany and as the Senior Trial Counsel for Multi-National Corps—Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq. Following his deployment, Ben represented soldiers as a Trial Defense Counsel and was a Judge Advocate Recruiting Officer before earning his LL.M. and assuming duties as a Senior (Supervisory) Defense Counsel.
Before retiring, Ben spent three years as Professor and Vice Chair of Criminal Law at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School, the nation’s only ABA-accredited federal educational institution. There he taught ethics and professional responsibility to military attorneys – from new Judge Advocates fresh out of law school to seasoned Military Judges of all military services working at both the trial and appellate levels. At the time of his retirement, he was the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate (Deputy General Counsel) at the Army Intelligence and Security Command. Ben assisted the Director of PRAO in overseeing the organization’s provision of professional responsibility advice and training to Department attorneys and Assistant United States Attorneys worldwide. From 2014-1017 he was a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism, and is currently an adjunct Lecturer in Law for Columbia Law School.
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Practice Area(s)
Ethics
Education
B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point
J.D., New York University School of Law
