Maine trial lawyer and founding partner of Gideon Asen LLC, specializing in medical-malpractice and complex personal-injury litigation. He graduated from Cornell University in 1993 and Yale Law School in 1999. He clerked for First Circuit Judge Kermit V. Lipez and practiced at Latham & Watkins before returning to Maine. He co-founded Gideon Asen in November 2020.
We have documented 1 statement by Benjamin Gideon, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Attorney for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s family
Condemned
Statement summary
Gideon said the asserted attempt to drive away could not legally justify deadly force.
“Under our legal system and our Constitution, driving off is not a legal basis or justified basis for the use of lethal force.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Family’s attorney calls on Vance to correct the record on deadly Biddeford ICE shootingParagraphs quoting JD Vance and Benjamin Gideon
Why we used this label
He directly says the stated conduct could not justify the officer’s lethal force.
An ICE officer fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during a Biddeford vehicle stop. Officials said his car moved toward the officer; the available public footage does not resolve the decisive moment.
