Benjamin J. Mills

Benjamin J. Mills is an associate at Snell & Wilmer in the firm’s Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group, with offices in Boise and Salt Lake City. His practice emphasizes property disputes, real estate litigation, land use matters, eminent domain, and takings. He represents clients in complex disputes and draws on judicial clerkship experience to evaluate legal issues, develop arguments, and handle litigation in state and federal forums.

Mills earned a J.D. magna cum laude from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and National Order of Barristers and served on the Arizona State Law Journal. He also earned a B.A. in Economics and a Certificate of Criminology, cum laude, from the University of Utah. His education supports a detailed, analytical approach to disputes involving property, government action, and commercial interests.

His experience includes eminent domain and inverse condemnation, easement disputes, quiet title actions, lien disputes, permit disputes, landlord-tenant issues, Real Estate Purchase Contract lawsuits, development disputes, trespass and nuisance claims, chain-of-title disputes, and land use matters. Before entering private practice, Mills clerked for Judge David N. Mortensen of the Utah Court of Appeals and Chief Judge David C. Nye of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

Benjamin J. Mills has been recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Business Litigation and in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation. His litigation practice combines courtroom and clerkship experience with a concentration on real estate and property disputes, helping clients address complicated factual records, procedural issues, and contested property rights.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Member, Idaho State Bar
• Member, Utah State Bar
• Appellate Practice Section, Chair and Litigation Section, Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter (2026)
• Member, American Bar Association (2026)

Licensed State

• Idaho
• Utah

Education

• Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude

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