Ben Pogue, Esq.
Ben has tried dozens of cases to verdict, with millions of dollars at stake for his clients. Ben has also mediated hundreds of cases. His experience has demonstrated that trial is not always the best way to resolve a case—and finding a path to collaboration is often the best strategy. Ben focuses on litigation, primarily for clients who have been injured, abused, or left with the horrifying results of medical malpractice; as well as on nearly any type of civil litigation. He’s also the lawyer that other attorneys turn to for mediation, where attorneys and individuals utilize Ben as a neutral party, to achieve settlements fairly and efficiently before trial.
Now as a part of the Law Office of Sean M. Wilson, LLC, we’ve expanded our opportunities and services to serve others as trusted advocates and as a trusted mediator.
Ben has been named to the list of South Carolina Super Lawyers’ "Rising Stars"; he was honored to be elected to the South Carolina Bar Association’s House of Delegates in 2016; and he’s an adjunct professor of Strategy and Tactics at the Charleston School of Law. These honors and experiences are just a small part of a varied and unique path as a lawyer.
Ben spent nearly a decade as a broadcast meteorologist, anchor, and reporter for News 2 and News 14 Carolina. As a lawyer, he has also served as a meteorological expert in civil litigation. He continues to enjoy his role as a volunteer meteorological adviser on the Charleston School of Law’s Emergency Preparedness Committee.
< Ben and his wife Nina with United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Advocacy
Always involved with his community, Ben works to build consensus and find solutions in justice reform, education, transit, housing, infrastructure and flooding. He works with police and local pastors through R.E.C.A.P. (Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace), and is a board member of Lowcountry Youth Services (mentoring), Trident Literacy Association (adult education), East Cooper Faith Network (housing mitigation and childhood reading support), The Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, and is an advisor to My Community's Keeper Mentor Group. Ben also works with our Hispanic/Latinx community to promote coalition building and access to public and private resources.
Ben has served on the Board of Directors of East Cooper Meals on Wheels, and has worked with St. Vincent de Paul Society in outreach for St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, in order to address affordable housing needs.
Education
Ben studied law and earned his Juris Doctor at the Charleston School of Law. Upon graduation he was honored to be inducted into the prestigious Forensic Club, and later was named the first President of the Charleston School of Law’s Alumni Association.
Ben earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He studied journalism at Virginia Commonwealth University before embarking on his broadcast career. Ben received his meteorological training in the Broadcast Meteorology Program at Mississippi State University, receiving a Certificate of Geosciences.
Ben participated in the Honor Council at both the College of William and Mary, and at the Charleston School of Law.
Ben and his family live in North Charleston and have worked and lived in this community for more than 25 years. He and his wife, former Emmy-winning news anchor Nina Sossamon-Pogue, are the proud parents of three children, all born and raised in the Lowcountry—now proudly embarking on their own careers.