Benjamin Garner

Benjamin Garner is an experienced legal professional currently serving as General Counsel at the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer since December 2017, having previously held the position of Assistant General Counsel. Garner's background includes a role as Compliance Advisor at Hill, Chesson & Woody, now Gallagher, and as Chief of Unemployment Insurance Adjudication at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, where leadership of over 90 employees and oversight of unemployment insurance claims were key responsibilities. Additional experiences encompass contract law as a Contract Attorney at BB&T and various roles at Gaeta & Eveson, P.A., focusing on compliance and banking transactions. Garner's early career includes HR and project management roles, complemented by a Doctor of Law degree from Regent University School of Law and a B.A. in History and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.