Benjamin J. Mills, Associate at our Salt Lake City, and Boise law offices
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Benjamin J. Mills

Associate
Salt Lake City, Boise
Services
Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Condemnation and Eminent Domain
Biography

Benjamin Mills is an associate in the firm’s Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group. During law school, Benjamin had a broad variety of learning opportunities, including most notably working with federal judges, gaining invaluable experience at a variety of law firms, and serving as a teacher’s assistant in the then-fifth-ranked legal writing program in the nation. After law school, Benjamin had the privilege of clerking for two excellent jurists: the Honorable Judge David N. Mortensen at the Utah Court of Appeals and the Honorable Chief Judge David C. Nye at the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.

Since the completion of his judicial clerkships, Benjamin has had the privilege of representing clients in a broad variety of complex matters. Although he has a range of experience in different matters, Benjamin’s practice involves an emphasis on property disputes, real estate litigation, and land use matters. Benjamin has represented clients in a broad variety of such disputes, including eminent domain, inverse condemnation, various easements, quiet title, lien disputes, permit disputes, landlord-tenant issues, REPC lawsuits, development disputes, trespass and nuisance claims, chain-of-title disputes, and land use disputes.

Benjamin draws from his diverse background of legal experience and his passion for every case to meet his clients’ needs in a variety of contexts.

 

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Idaho
  • Utah


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Idaho
  • Supreme Court of Utah
  • United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  • United States District Court, District of Idaho
  • United States District Court, District of Utah


Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2019)
    • Order of the Coif
    • National Order of Barristers
    • Highest Distinction of Pro Bono Service Award
    • CALI Award, Amateur Sports Law
    • Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
    • Arizona State Law Journal
  • University of Utah (B.A., Economics & Certificate of Criminology, cum laude, 2016)
    • Rugby Team Captain
    • USA Rugby Collegiate All-American & Academic All-American

Languages

Spanish

Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Business Litigation (2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch,
    • Commercial Litigation (2024-2025)

Previous Professional Experience

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Law Clerk for the Honorable Chief Judge David C. Nye (2020-2021)
  • Utah Court of Appeals, Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge David N. Mortensen (2019-2020)
  • Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Teaching Assistant (2018-2019)
  • Kutak Rock LLP, Summer Associate (2018)
  • Napier, Coury & Baillie, PC; Paid Extern (2018)
  • U.S. District Court of the District of Arizona, Extern for the Honorable Judge John Z. Boyle (2017)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter
  • Idaho State Bar
  • Utah State Bar
    • Litigation Section
    • Appellate Section – Chair-Elect

Representative Presentations and Publications

Publications
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Mar 25, 2025
Legal Alerts

Eminent Domain Update: Fourth Circuit Upholds Landowner’s Right To Testify on Property Value and Splits With First Circuit on Expert Testimony Standard

Firm News
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Aug 15, 2024
Awards & Recognition

330 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Recognized by 2025 The Best Lawyers in America®

Jul 12, 2024

Mountain States Super Lawyers Recognizes 25 Utah Snell & Wilmer Attorneys in 2024 Rankings

Nov 08, 2021

Snell & Wilmer Expands Salt Lake City Office with Addition of Three New Attorneys