Benjamin Gideon
Partner | Gideon Asen LLC
Benjamin Gideon is a medical malpractice, trucking accidents and personal injury trial lawyer and partner at Gideon Asen LLC in Auburn, Maine. Admitted in New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont; J.D., Yale Law School (1999).
Meet Benjamin
"In short, I have come to realize that my clients don't just want a lawyer. They want a Champion—that is, someone who will fight for them individually, but also be willing to fight for the larger cause for which they stand."
Benjamin Gideon is a partner at Gideon Asen LLC in Auburn, Maine, who represents people with life-changing injuries in medical malpractice, trucking and commercial vehicle, product liability and other serious injury cases. He founded the firm in November 2020 with Taylor Asen.
Gideon holds degrees from Cornell University and Yale Law School, clerked for Judge Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and began his practice at Latham & Watkins in New York City. He then returned to Maine to join a plaintiff’s firm, where he practiced for 17 years before forming Gideon Asen.
In 2025, he obtained a $25 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, which the firm describes as the highest jury verdict ever awarded a medical malpractice or personal injury plaintiff in Maine. He also obtained a $22.5 million verdict in Vermont for an injured utility worker and a $6.5 million medical malpractice verdict in Bangor in April 2026. Between 2024 and 2026, he and colleagues settled three trucking cases for more than $10 million each. He is one of the lead attorneys for 100 victims of the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
Gideon was inducted into the Inner Circle of Advocates in 2019 and as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2020. He is a governor of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, co-authored the book Bad Medicine: Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims in Maine and hosts the podcast Elawvate: The Trial Lawyer Podcast.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Cornell University (1993)
- Yale Law School (1999)
- Admitted to practice in New York (2000)
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (2002)
- Admitted to practice in Maine (2003)
- Admitted to practice in New Hampshire (2010)
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court, District of Maine (2010)
- Admitted to practice in Vermont (2016)
Practice Areas
- The Inner Circle of Advocates
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
- Maine Trial Lawyers Association (Governor)
- Maine State Bar Association
- Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, Professional Ethics Commission
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- The Best Lawyers in America (2013-present)
- Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" (2016-present)
- Super Lawyers (2013-present)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- Chambers USA, Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance and Mainly Plaintiff
- Benchmark Litigation "Litigation Star"
- America's Top 100 Attorneys, Maine (2017)
- Lawdragon 500 Best Lawyers in America
- AVVO rating 10.0
- $25 Million Verdict: In 2025, in a case involving a mother who lost her 15-year-old daughter to medical negligence, Gideon obtained a $25 million verdict, the highest jury verdict ever awarded a medical malpractice or personal injury plaintiff in Maine, according to the firm.
- $22.5 Million Verdict: Verdict on behalf of an injured utility worker against an electrical utility company in Vermont, described as one of the highest jury verdicts in Vermont history.
- $6.5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict: In April 2026, Gideon obtained a $6.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice case in Bangor, Maine, the second highest verdict ever awarded by a Penobscot County jury.
- $5.5 Million Verdict: In September 2022, with attorney Meryl Poulin, Gideon obtained a $5.5 million verdict in Androscoggin County for a client whose father's remains were mishandled by a funeral company.
- $70 Million in Trucking Settlements: Between 2024 and 2026, Gideon and Gideon Asen attorneys Trevor Savage and Meryl Poulin settled three trucking cases for more than $10 million each, with total settlements exceeding $70 million.
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