Ian R. Bensberg

Meet Ian

Attorney Ian Bensberg joined CohenMalad, LLP in 2025 as a member of the firm’s class action group. His practice focuses on representing plaintiffs in consumer protection and data privacy cases.

Prior to CohenMalad, LLP, Ian represented plaintiffs in complex cases of national importance at every level of the federal courts, including In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio), In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 3047 (N.D. Cal.), TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297 (S. Ct.), and Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc., No. 1:23-cv-8292 (S.D.N.Y.).

He formerly served as a law clerk to the Hon. Paul D. Mathias, Indiana Court of Appeals; the Hon. Sarah Evans Barker, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana; and the Hon. David F. Hamilton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Education & Awards

J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2016, magna cum laude

• Top 3% class standing
• Executive Articles Editor, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 23 (2015–2016)
• Order of the Coif, May 2016
• Champion, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition 2014–2015
• Outstanding 2L Associate, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Fall 2014
• Harriett C. Beasley Scholarship, 2014–2016 (merit award for long-time Indiana residents)

M.A., University of Chicago, 2010

• Humanities (Classics)

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008

• Classics (Ancient Greek)

Deep Springs College, 2003-2005

Memberships & Boards

Jurisdictions Admitted To Practice

• California, pending
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2025
• Indiana, 2018
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2018
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2019

Memberships

Board Member, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology, 2025
Bloomington, Indiana