Benjamin P. Keane

Benjamin P. Keane is a Partner in the Washington, DC and Atlanta offices and co-head of the firm's Political Law, Ethics and Disclosure Team, practicing in Administrative Law. He focuses on the representation of elected officials, political candidates, PACs, SuperPACs, political parties, corporations, and nonprofit organizations with regard to federal, state and local election law, campaign finance, lobbying, pay-to-play, and ethics matters.

Mr. Keane frequently advises corporate clients on compliance with federal, state and local pay-to-play laws, and serves as Editor of the firm's award-winning Pay to Play Law Blog. He has served as Outside Deputy National Campaign Counsel to Newt 2012, the presidential campaign of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and has represented the campaign committees of US Senators, Members of Congress, Governors, and statewide officials. He has also counseled some of the largest and most influential SuperPACs and 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations and represented nominees for Senate-confirmed executive branch and judicial positions.

Ben holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law (2006), where he was a recipient of the Dillard Fellowship for excellence in legal research and writing, and a B.A. from Princeton University (2001). He has received national recognition from Chambers USA as a leading political law practitioner (2021-2026) and has been recognized as a "High-Profile Lawyer Politico" and one of Georgia's "Most Influential Attorneys" by James Magazine (2019-2022).