Ben Geslison

Practice Areas

Benjamin Geslison is an experienced trial and appellate attorney actively practicing in state and federal courts at all levels. He principally represents large and mid-sized companies in taxpayer disputes with state and local governments. His scope of representation extends from the pre-audit stage through administrative review and at all levels of judicial review. Mr. Geslison also represents clients in a variety of commercial disputes and constitutional law matters. He has first-chair experience in trying jury trials to verdict in both state and federal district court and handles appellate matters in state and federal courts of appeals, including the Supreme Court of Texas and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Career

Mr. Geslison is currently special counsel in the tax department of Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston, Texas. He is licensed to practice in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Wyoming. Before attending Harvard Law School, Mr. Geslison worked for several years as a business consultant for Accenture, advising several Silicon Valley tech giants as they optimized their business processes and systems.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Texas

Louisiana State Bar

Oklahoma State Bar

Wyoming State Bar

Houston Bar Association

Texas Taxpayers and Research Association

State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College

All courts of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Wyoming

Supreme Court of the United States of America

United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, and DC Circuits

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas; the District of Colorado; and the Western District of Oklahoma

Personal

J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School 2010

B.S., magna cum laude, Biology, Brigham Young University 1999

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

Publications

Treaties, Execution and Originalism in Medellín v. Texas, 128 S. Ct. 1346 (2008),

HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY, Vol. 32, Issue 2 (Spring 2009), pp. 767-84

The Court Will Clean it Up: Confronting the Specter of Political Branch Dereliction of Duty, TEXAS REVIEW OF LAW & POLITICS, Vol. 15, Issue 1 (Fall 2010), pp. 165-98

What Were They Thinking? Examining the Intellectual Inspirations of the Framers and Opponents of the United States Constitution,

TEXAS REVIEW OF LAW & POLITICS, Vol. 17, Issue 1 (Fall 2012), pp. 185-200

Teeing Up for Texas Tort Reform,

LAW360 (Aug. 4, 2011)

The Collateral Source Rule and Future Medical Expenses: Anticipated Effects of the Affordable Care Act and Recent State Case Law on Damages in Personal Injury Lawsuits, Defense Counsel Journal, Volume 80 (July 2013), pp. 239.

Maximizing Benefits under Texas’s Most Valuable (and Complex) Tax Incentive Program, Tax Management Real Estate Journal, Vol. 34, (July 4, 2018), p. 134.

Texas Tax Talk: Exemption Win Signals Taxpayer Opportunity, Law360 (Dec. 8, 2021), https://www.law360.com/articles/1446842

Texas Tax Talk: Alarming Redefinition of Nontaxable Services, Law360 (Sep. 21, 2021), https://www.law360.com/articles/1423060

Texas Tax Talk: Ruling May Erode Pro-Taxpayer Presumption, Law360 (Aug. 8, 2022), https://www.law360.com/articles/1518116

Texas Tax Talk: Comptroller Appeals May Fuel Litigation, Law360 (Feb. 14, 2022), https://www.law360.com/articles/1464542