Berman Fink Van Horn president and co-founding shareholder Benjamin I. Fink has been named to the 2026 Lexology Index: IP report, in the IP – Trade Secrets (Highly Recommended) chapter. Lexology Index: IP is an in-depth guide to the international intellectual property legal market and recognizes leading patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright lawyers around the world who stand out for their professional excellence across industries.

Benjamin has over 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex business and employment disputes. His work spans matters involving trade secrets, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, business contracts, and corporate governance. He has successfully tried cases, defended and obtained injunctions, prevailed on numerous motions, and obtained favorable settlements in high-stakes litigation in U.S. state and federal courts nationwide.

A published author on restrictive covenants, Benjamin regularly blogs on noncompete and trade secret topics. He also co-authored a Practical Law Practice Note on Georgia Confidentiality, Nondisclosure and Non-Solicitation Agreements for Thomson Reuters.

Benjamin, recognized for his leadership in trade secret law, attended the 2017 Inaugural Sedona Conference on Best Practices for Trade Secrets. He is a Contributing Editor to The Sedona Conference’s Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation About Them and serves on its Steering Committee for Working Group 12 on trade secrets.

Benjamin frequently speaks at seminars on noncompete, trade secrets, and related topics, including the Practicing Law Institute’s annual Noncompetes and Restrictive Covenants and Advanced Trade Secrets seminars. He chaired the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Trade Secrets Committee from 2022-2024. Benjamin is also a longtime member of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section and currently co-chairs the Judicial Selection & Tenure Committee.