Wesley Hill
Wesley Hill
Longview
Texas (TX)
Business Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Energy & Natural Resources
Profile
Wesley Hill provides clients with courtroom experience in a variety of intellectual property and commercial litigation cases, including trying many cases to verdict in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Mr. Hill serves as chairman of the Eastern District of Texas Local Rules Committee. In addition to his expertise in patent cases, Mr. Hill also represents clients in commercial litigation, breach of contract disputes, oil & gas litigation, and federal criminal cases. His trial successes include multimillion-dollar plaintiffs’ verdicts and no-liability findings for defense clients.
Mr. Hill has helped clients resolve hundreds of disputes. In every case he accepts, he builds a legal strategy around his client’s priorities to help them reach their objectives, whether through litigation, settlement or trial. Mr. Hill is a frequent panelist, moderator and lecturer on the topic of practicing law in the Eastern District of Texas, including how the venue’s “rocket docket” works, winning strategies for litigating in the district, and the costs and procedures of eDiscovery and electronic case management. Mr. Hill earned honors on the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2011, marking his peer recognition as one of the state’s top young attorneys. The Martindale-Hubbell peer-review publication has given Hill a distinguished “BV” certification based on his high ethical standards. Other honors for Hill include the Order of the Coif; the National Order of Barristers; Best Advocate at the Texas Young Lawyers Association State Moot Court Competition in 2000; and Fourth Best Advocate at American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition in 2001.
Selected To
Texas Rising Stars 2012
Texas Rising Stars 2011
About Wesley Hill
Admitted: 2001, Texas
Professional Webpage: www.jwfirm.com/Attorneys/Wesley-Hill.shtml
Honors and Awards:
- Mr. Hill’s legal work helped him earn peer recognition in the 2011 Texas Rising Stars list, which honors the accomplishments of attorneys age 40 and younger. The Martindale-Hubbell peer-review publication has given Mr. Hill a distinguished “BV” certification, noting that he upholds high ethical standards in his legal practice. Other honors for Mr. Hill have come from the Order of the Coif and the National Order of Barristers. Hill earned the title Best Advocate at the Texas Young Lawyers Association State Moot Court Competition in 2000, and Fourth Best Advocate at American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition in 2001.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Eastern District of Texas Local Rules Advisory Committee, Chairman
- The Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court, Member
- Smith County Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2003
- Smith County Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2005
- Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, Member, 2003
- Texas Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
Educational Background:
- Mr. Hill graduated second in his class from Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, Texas, in 2001. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas, in 1998.
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