Ben Whitehill

Ben Whitehill serves as the Associate General Counsel for Ashford Inc. since August 2018, focusing on the legal and business interests of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. and Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. Prior experience includes roles as Associate Attorney at Jackson Walker and Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, where Ben advised on various commercial real estate transactions with a significant emphasis on hospitality deals. Earlier in the career, Ben worked at Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC, handling corporate, commercial-loan, commercial-real-estate, and oil-and-gas transactions. Ben holds a Juris Doctor from SMU Dedman School of Law and a B.A. in History with minors in Business and Psychology from Texas A&M University.