Benjamin P. Cloward

Benjamin P. Cloward was born and raised in Salem, Utah. He attended Spanish Fork High School and graduated in 1996. As a young boy Ben earned his Eagle Scout Award and after graduation from high school, he served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Louisiana.

Ben attended the University of Utah and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He began law school at the University of Tulsa, College of Law. After his first year Ben transferred to the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he graduated in 2008.

While in law school, Ben received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Teaching Law in the High School, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Property, and was on the Dean’s List. He also served as the President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and as a Judicial Intern for the then-State Court Presiding Judge, Gregory K. Frizzell, who is now a Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

He also participated as a Note and Comment Editor for the Journal of Land, Resources, and Environment Law, where his Comment, Why has State v. Hutchinson Been Ignored? An Analysis of Why Utah Cities Lack Authority to Exact Water, 28 J. LAND RESOURCES & ENVTL. L. 433, was selected for publication.

After graduation from law school, Ben moved to Las Vegas to work for a well-known Nevada insurance defense firm where he honed his litigation and negotiation practice skills.

Since joining Richard Harris Law he has received specialized training on the subject of low speed rear impact crashes (LOSRIC). Ben uses this training to help restore peace and stability in the lives of his injured clients, and sincerely believes he has the best job in the world. He has successfully tried LOSRIC cases with outstanding results.

Since becoming an attorney devoted to people who have been injured by the negligence of others he has been ranked by National Trial Lawyers as being a Top 40 Under 40 attorney. He has a perfect 10/10 ranking on AVVO and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates. Ben was recently recognized in the Desert Companion’s 2014 list of Top Lawyers. Ben is a graduate of the nationally renowned Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College.

Ben’s interests outside of work include spending time with his wife and daughter. He also enjoys hunting, bass-fishing, camping and watching the Boston Red Sox.