Benjamin Gideon

Benjamin Gideon is an attorney and partner at Gideon Asen in Portland, Maine whose practice focuses on plaintiff-side personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. He represents injured individuals and families in serious matters involving medical negligence, trucking and commercial vehicle crashes, product liability, workplace incidents, utility-related injuries, and wrongful death. His practice is centered on high-stakes civil litigation and trial advocacy for plaintiffs.

Gideon completed studies at Cornell University in 1993 and Yale Law School in 1999. After law school, he clerked for Judge Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and began private practice at Latham & Watkins in New York. This background supports Gideon’s legal analysis and problem solving in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

Gideon’s experience includes major personal injury and medical malpractice trials and settlements in Maine and neighboring states, including litigation against medical providers, trucking companies, utilities, corporations, and government entities. Gideon founded Gideon Asen in 2020 after years of plaintiff-side practice and currently serves as one of the lead attorneys representing victims of the 2023 Lewiston mass shooting in claims involving the U.S. Army.

Benjamin Gideon has been recognized by organizations including the Inner Circle of Advocates and the American College of Trial Lawyers, and his official profile lists multiple significant plaintiff verdicts and recoveries. He also writes and speaks on trial practice and law-firm development. In serving injured individuals and families, Gideon brings practical judgment and subject-matter knowledge to the issues presented. Gideon helps injured clients pursue accountability and compensation through complex civil litigation with advice grounded in the specific facts and legal framework of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Gideon Asen LLC
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Governor, Maine Trial Lawyers Association
• Professional Ethics Commission, Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar
• Member, American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Member, Inner Circle of Advocates

Licensed State

• Maine
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• New York

Awards & Badges