Taft, one of the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, welcomes Ben Tooley as senior director of public affairs.
Tooley joins Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group following nearly two decades serving as a trusted fiscal policy advisor to the elected leadership of the Indiana House of Representatives. During his tenure with the House, he played a central role in crafting many landmark fiscal policy initiatives, including major state and local tax policy reforms, the creation of innovative economic development incentives, and the successful effort to create a long-term road funding plan in 2017. Tooley was also the lead legislative staffer responsible for the development of eight state biennial budgets, including the most recent $46 billion state budget enacted in April 2025.
In addition, Tooley spent over ten years as the Director of Fiscal Policy for the majority caucus of the Indiana House of Representatives, serving under the leadership of former Speaker Brian Bosma and the current Speaker of the House, Todd Huston. Prior to that, he was a fiscal analyst in the House Ways and Means Office and worked as a budget analyst for the Daniels Administration. Tooley is a graduate of Wabash College and holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indianapolis.
