Franco W. Benyamin

Franco Benyamin is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

As a member of the firm’s Copyright Practice, Franco counsels clients in sophisticated intellectual property disputes involving artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and creative industries. His practice centers on complex artificial intelligence and copyright litigation matters, and he has experience representing clients in sensitive, high-stakes disputes. 

Franco has experience in all stages of copyright and patent litigation at the district court and appellate level, including pre-suit investigation, fact and expert discovery, trials, and post-trial briefing.

Franco maintains an active pro bono practice and earned a Certificate in Public Interest Law during law school. While in law school, Franco was an associate editor for the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy and a student practitioner for the Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property Clinic.

Prior to his legal career, Franco was a researcher at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and Johns Hopkins University. His work investigating genetic variation in immunotherapeutic responses to the treatment of melanoma led to co-authorship of an article in Science Magazine.