Benjamin W. Hulse joined Blackwell Burke P.A. as a partner in June 2010. Before joining the Firm, Mr. Hulse was a partner in the

litigation practice group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.  He has represented corporate clients in a diverse array of matters, including

jury trials, class actions, antitrust litigation, and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the country.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Hulse served as a law clerk to the Honorable James B. Loken, United States Court of Appeals for

the Eighth Circuit.  He is admitted to the bars of the Supreme Courts of Illinois and Minnesota; the U.S. District Courts for the District of Minnesota, the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, and the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; and the U.S. Courts
of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Seventh, and Eighth Circuit.

• University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2002) with Honors, Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, The University of Chicago Law

Review; John M. Olin Student Fellow in Law and Economics
• Harvard University (A.B., Social Studies, 1999), magna cum laude