Ben Clements is an attorney, author, and advocate for political and governmental reform. He is the founder of Clements Law and serves as the Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor of Free Speech For People, a non-profit organization working to reduce the corrosive impact of wealth and corporate influence in our elections and our government and to restore democracy to the people. Mr. Clements has been an attorney in the private and public sectors for more than thirty years and his expertise includes constitutional law, criminal law, civil rights law, business law, campaign finance, elections law, and government ethics. Mr. Clements has represented victims of discrimination, victims of fraudulent business and financial practices, business executives and professionals, senior government officials, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and state and federal governments.
Mr. Clements previously practiced at a large Boston law firm, co-founded two boutique litigation firms, served as a federal prosecutor, and served as the first Chief Legal Counsel to Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick.
Mr. Clements engages in regular public speaking on areas related to constitutional law, voting rights, public corruption, and federal criminal law. He has frequently appeared as a commentator on regional and national television. His legal and political commentary has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, the Daily News, the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Common Dreams, and a variety of legal journals. Mr. Clements is the co-author of the book The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump.
In addition to serving as Chairman of Free Speech for People, Mr. Clements is a member of the board and a legal advisor to the anti-gun violence organization, Stop Handgun Violence, a member of the advisory committee to the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the American Constitution Society, and a director of the Tiverton Land Trust.
Mr. Clements graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and summa cum laude from the Cornell Law School. Following law school, he served as a law clerk for the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.