Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney in Minneapolis, MN

Benjamin Harper is an attorney with Osterbauer Law Firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A top-rated trial attorney with years of legal experience, Mr. Harper provides exceptional counsel and support to clients throughout the greater Twin Cities region and all across the state who have suffered injuries or illnesses on the job, and he devotes his practice to representing the rights and entitlements of injured and disabled employees who are seeking their rightful workers' compensation benefits.

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Harper has recovered millions of dollars in total compensation for his plaintiff clients to help them cover their medical bills, lost wages and other expenses now that they can no longer work. Having once worked as an insurance defense attorney, he has invaluable insight into the industry that helps him devise the most effective strategies possible, and he finds great reward in being able to help so many in his community during their most dire times of need.

A Minnesota native, Mr. Harper received his Bachelor of Arts in political science, Asian studies and Mandarin Chinese, and he studied at Southwest University in Chongqing, China, in the fall of 2005. He then worked as an English professor in China before returning to the United States, where he served as legislative assistant and Director of Constituent Services in the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.

Deciding to pursue his legal career, Mr. Harper then attended William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law), where he obtained his Juris Doctor cum laude in 2015. While there, he was an active participant in several moot court competitions as well as member of the school's Journal of Law & Practice.

Since entering private practice, Mr. Harper has maintained active involvement in his legal community, and he is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and Hennepin County Bar Association as well as the Minnesota Association for Justice, among his other professional affiliations.