Ben Edelstein

Madison Employment Attorney

Ben Edelstein

Madison Employment Attorney

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
-Frederick Douglass

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
-Frederick Douglass

Attorney Ben Edelstein

Overview

Attorney Edelstein is an associate at Hawks Quindel’s Madison office, where he represents clients in a broad range of employment matters. He is committed to ensuring that all workers have access to fair treatment and justice in the workplace.

Madison Employment Attorney

Attorney Edelstein believes that every worker deserves fair and respectful treatment. He provides counsel and representation for clients facing complex workplace issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Additionally, he assists individuals facing challenges in finding and maintaining employment by offering support with pardon applications, expungement petitions, and arrest record cleanup.

Attorney Edelstein takes a personalized approach to each case, carefully analyzing each client’s unique situation and working collaboratively to define their goals. He then develops tailored solutions aimed at achieving the best possible outcomes.

Experience

Before joining Hawks Quindel, Attorney Edelstein worked as a staff attorney at Legal Action of Wisconsin, where he focused on helping low-income individuals overcome employment barriers. During law school, he volunteered at the Milwaukee Justice Center and worked as a research assistant on the Marquette Law School Poll.  Additionally, Attorney Edelstein participated in Marquette’s moot court program, winning the Jenkins Honors Intramural Moot Court Competition. His work has been published in State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum, and Wisconsin Lawyer.

Attorney Ben Edelstein

Education

Law School

J.D., with honors
Marquette University Law School

Graduate

M.A. Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Undergraduate

B.A. Political Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Admissions

State of Wisconsin

Western District of WI

Eastern District of WI

Publications

Unequal Access: The Perpetual Struggle for Voting Rights and the Case of Wisconsin, Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum (2024) (with Mark Thomsen and Atiba Ellis).

Recusal as Remedy: Disincentivizing Donors, State Politics & Policy Quarterly (2024) (with Sara Benesh).

Pardons in Wisconsin: Eligibility, Implications, and Best Practices for Attorneys, Wisconsin Lawyer (2023) (with Taylor Forman and Megan Sprecher).

Groundwater Governance, Well Cobbled? A Descriptive Assessment of Hydrogeology and Institutional Networks in Six Great Lakes States and the Tribes that Share their Geography, Freshwater Society (2022) (with Terin Mayer et al.).