Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Benjamin.Flowers@OhioAGO.gov
Ben is serving in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office as the State’s Solicitor General. Before joining the office, he worked in the Issues and Appeals group at Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio. There, his practice focused on appeals and complex trial-level motions. He litigated cases involving numerous subject areas—ranging from bankruptcy law to constitutional law—in courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Ben previously served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Sandra Ikuta of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Federal, and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
EDUCATION
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D. with high honors, 2012
- The Ohio State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2009
Chief Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Michael.Hendershot@OhioAGO.gov
Mike currently serves as Chief Deputy Solicitor General in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. His practice there focuses on Ohio Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, and Sixth Circuit matters. Before joining the Attorney General, he was in private practice with the Vorys law firm, where he practiced appellate and general litigation. Before Vorys, he clerked for Justice Terrence O’Donnell at the Ohio Supreme Court, worked at a law firm in Phoenix, and clerked for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Hendershot is a past chair of the OSBA Appellate Practice Committee and currently serves on the board that certifies lawyers as appellate specialists.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- State of Arizona
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
EDUCATION
- University of Virginia, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2001
- Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., Valedictorian, 1997
Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Jana.Bosch@OhioAGO.Gov
Jana serves in the Office of the Solicitor General as a Deputy Solicitor General. In that role, she works with the Solicitor General on the State’s major appellate cases. She also represents the State of Ohio in the Ohio Supreme Court and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Before joining the office, Jana clerked for Judge John B. Nalbandian of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Judge Allison Jones Rushing of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- State of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
EDUCATION
- University of Virginia School of Law, Class of 2020
- Cedarville University, Class of 2017
Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Mathura.Sridharan@OhioAGO.Gov
Mathura joined the Office of the Solicitor General in September 2021. She represents the State of Ohio and its agencies in appeals before the Ohio Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Before joining the office, Mathura clerked for Judge Steven J. Menashi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Deborah A. Batts of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
EDUCATION
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2018
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.Eng., 2013
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 2012
Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Samuel.Peterson@OhioAGO.gov
Sam joined the Office of the Solicitor General in May 2013. He represents the State of Ohio and its agencies in appeals before the Ohio Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has written briefs as both a party and as an amicus in the Ohio Supreme Court and Supreme Court of the United States and has argued more than thirty cases in the Ohio Supreme Court. Sam was co-author of a brief that received a “Best Brief” award from the National Association of Attorneys General for advocacy in the Supreme Court of the United States. He has also received the Ohio State Bar Association Best Brief Award.
From January through March, 2012, Sam served as a National Associations of Attorneys General Supreme Court Fellow.
Before joining the Office of the Solicitor General, Sam served the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in the Environmental Enforcement and Criminal Justice sections. In that capacity, he argued in several Ohio intermediate appellate courts as well as in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
After graduation from law school, Sam served as a law clerk for Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger.
Sam is originally from Ada, Ohio.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
EDUCATION
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006
- Valparaiso University, Christ College Scholar, 2003
Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Stephen.Carney@OhioAGO.gov
Stephen joined the Attorney General’s Office in 1997, and has specialized in appeals since 1999, helping build what became the Office of the Solicitor General. He frequently briefs and argues cases in the Ohio Supreme Court, where he has argued over fifty cases and has briefed many more. He also briefs and argues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and has written many briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued some of the State’s biggest cases in the last twenty years, on topics such as the constitutionality of charter schools, partial-birth abortion, nude dancing, concealed carry of handguns, free speech, wrongful imprisonment, and an advocacy group’s standing to challenge JobsOhio.
Like all Appeals lawyers, Stephen is devoted to the craft of writing. He is a five-time winner of “Best Brief” awards from the National Association of Attorneys General, recognizing briefs he authored or co-authored in cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. Stephen teaches classes to lawyers inside and outside the office on legal writing, appellate advocacy, and other topics.
Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, Stephen spent three years in general litigation at Jones Day in Columbus.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
EDUCATION
- The University of Cincinnati College of Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1994
- Xavier University, B.A., cum laude, 1991
Deputy Solicitor General
Office: 614-466-8980
Email: Zachery.Keller@OhioAGO.gov
Zach started with the Attorney General's Office in August 2013. He started with the Constitutional Offices section. In that role, he represented Ohio’s elected officials, including the Governor and the Secretary of State. For example, he defended the Secretary of State in cases challenging Ohio’s election laws for the 2016 presidential election.
Zach joined the Office of the Solicitor General in June 2019. He represents the State of Ohio and its agencies in appeals before the Ohio Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
During his time with the Attorney General’s Office, Zach has won several writing awards. He is a three-time winner (2015, 2016, and 2018) of the Attorney General's office-wide Excellence in Writing Award. In 2017, he received the Ohio State Bar Association's Best Public Brief Award for a brief he wrote before the Ohio Supreme Court. The brief was about Ohio's ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment.
Before joining the office, Zach clerked for District Judge Edmund A. Sargus and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth P. Deavers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
EDUCATION
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D. summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2010
- Valparaiso University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2007