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# Benjamin E. Prengler

Role: Associate

Ben is a litigator who puts thought and care into every case and thrives in fast-paced and high-pressure environments. Employing skills honed through years of government service, Ben is ready to exceed every client’s expectations. He became a lawyer to help people solve their most complex problems and stays in the game because he does. Ben stands ready to engage his second-to-none work ethic to advance every client’s best case.

## Ready for Any Problem, Hungry for Any Fight

Before joining Stone Hilton, Ben clerked for Justice Brett Busby of the Supreme Court of Texas and for Judge Brantley Starr of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. His first year out of law school he served in the Office of the Solicitor General of Texas as a Coleman Fellow, working on high-stakes and public-facing litigation.

Ben graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as the Editor in Chief of the Texas Review of Law & Politics and as the Executive Vice President of the Texas Law Federalist Society. Prior to law school, Ben graduated magna cum laude from Southern Methodist University where he triple majored in Political Science, Economics, and Public Policy and double minored in International Affairs and Philosophy.

While at SMU, Ben worked on three political campaigns in Texas and later interned at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

## Outside the Office

When Ben is not at work, he enjoys exploring Austin’s restaurant scene with his wife Morgan and spending time with their cat, Whiskey. Ben is also a drummer and played on the album *No 2nd Chances*, which is available on Spotify and Apple Music.

## Experience

### Law Clerk to Justice Brett Busby

Supreme Court of Texas

### Law Clerk to Judge Brantley Starr

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

### Coleman Fellow

Office of the Solicitor General of Texas

## Education

### J.D., with honors, University of Texas School of Law

Editor in Chief, Texas Review of Law & Politics

### B.A., magna cum laude, Southern Methodist University

Political Science with Distinction, Economics, & Public Policy; Minors in International Affairs & Philosophy

## Admissions

- All courts of the State of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

## Memberships

- State Bar of Texas
- Federalist Society

## Additional Credentials

### Publications

- Benjamin E. Prengler, Note, *When Powers Collide: Congress’s Power to Investigate, the President’s Power to Investigate Crimes, and the Separation of Powers*, 16 N.Y.U. J.L. & Liberty 416 (2022).