Additionally, he is an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University where he teaches Copyright Law. Previously, Benjamin was a litigator with the law firm Irell & Manella LLP, in Los Angeles, where he focused on entertainment and high-tech litigation. Before joining Irell, he clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Hon. Diarmuid F. O�Scannlain. Benjamin graduated with honors and Order of the Coif from the University of Chicago.[May 2011]