Benjamin Orzeske Email & Phone Number

Ben is Chief Counsel at the Uniform Law Commission. He supervises a staff of legislative attorneys who work to enact uniform laws in all fifty United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ben provides legislative support for the Uniform Commercial Code and for uniform laws in the areas of trusts and estates, investment management, and elder law. He also serves as the ULC's internal Legal Counsel.The ULC is a non-profit law reform organization comprised of volunteer attorney/commissioners appointed by the states and supported by the staff at its Chicago headquarters. Founded in 1892, the ULC drafts model legislation in areas of state statutory law for which uniformity is feasible and appropriate. Ben is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law where he serves on the Section Council, and also a member of the ABA Business Law Section. He is a past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Legislative Committee. He also serves as the ULC's staff liaison to the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Trust and Estate Acts. Ben is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Listed skills include Legislative Affairs, Public Speaking, Trusts, Estate Law, and 10 others.