Hugh focuses his practice on business and intellectual property litigation. His business litigation practice focuses on complex financial transactions and commercial disputes across multiple sectors. His intellectual property litigation practice includes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation in diverse technological areas across many industries. Hugh has more than two decades of experience utilizing his considerable knowledge to counsel clients in a wide variety of industries on critical challenges facing their businesses. With a broad range of experience in complex issues, he offers his clients a nuanced perspective on the convergence of technology, business, and law. He dispenses C-suite level guidance to large corporations confronting complicated and difficult challenges, including bet-the-company matters. He has represented a variety of clients, from corporations and professional sports franchises to investor groups and high net worth individuals, in disputes valued at more than $4 billion. He has tried cases in federal court and has extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Hugh also obtained a secret clearance with the United States government as a result of some of his engagements.
In 2009, Hugh was elected to the American Law Institute, where he has been an active member, working on Restatement of the Law, Copyright and Restatement of the Law, Torts: Defamation and Privacy.
Hugh earned his bachelor’s degree from Pomona College where he played varsity baseball. Hugh earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. In 2011, Hugh participated in the Harvard Business School Law Leadership Program.
Representative Technologies:
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Night vision goggles containing microchannel electron magnifiers
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E911 and location based services for wireless handsets
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Relational databases of bovine genome biomarkers
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Digital encryption for satellite TV reception and billing platforms
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Steroid report for Major League Baseball with Senator George Mitchell
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RSV-resistant monoclonal antibody technology
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Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) supporting loitering munitions for U.S. Special Forces
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Laser-guided, ultra-high pressure (UHP) robots for use in automobile manufacturing
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Electronic countermeasure systems (IDECM) defending F/A-18 aircraft