Patrick R. Hanes

Patrick Hanes focuses his practice on handling all manner of disputes that arise from business competition and regulation. His practice has included a broad base of civil and criminal litigation at both the trial and appellate level, in disputes involving securities, trade secret, antitrust, conspiracy, banking and other complex commercial claims, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has substantial experience conducting investigations both in the United States and overseas.  Additionally, he has developed particular proficiency in patent, trademark and copyright infringement, and has represented parties in intellectual property litigation in courtrooms across the country.  Mr. Hanes serves as the co-chair of Williams Mullen's White Collar and Investigations Team and of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group.

Patrick Hanes focuses his practice on handling all manner of disputes that arise from business competition and regulation. His practice has included a broad base of civil and criminal litigation at both the trial and appellate level, in disputes involving securities, trade secret, antitrust, conspiracy, banking and other complex commercial claims. He has developed particular proficiency in patent, trademark and copyright infringement, and has represented parties in intellectual property litigation in courtrooms across the country.

In addition, Patrick has substantial experience conducting investigations both in the United States and overseas. He has represented businesses and individuals in government and corporate investigations in matters involving securities and banking regulation, antitrust, conspiracy, wire fraud, tax disputes, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He has advised several public and private company clients regarding their legal compliance programs and conducted compliance investigations, risk assessments and training inside the United States as well as in several other countries in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.

A member of the Virginia State Bar, Patrick currently serves on the board of governors of the Antitrust, Franchise and Trade Regulation Section. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and the Fourth Circuits., and has argued cases as lead counsel before each of those courts as well as before the Supreme Court of Virginia. He has been named to Virginia Business magazine’s list of “The Legal Elite” and is recognized as a top intellectual property litigation lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America as well as by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine. In addition, Martindale Hubbell has rated Patrick an AV attorney, its highest rating available. He serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, teaching in the area of appellate advocacy. He is the co-author, with Professor Kent Sinclair, of an article published in the William and Mary Law Review.

Prior to joining Williams Mullen, Patrick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior Judge for the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia. He received his law degree in 1994 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the University of Virginia Law Review. He received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1988, where he was an Echols Scholar.