Jonathon Hance

About Jonathon Hance

Jonathon Hance is both a litigator and an intellectual property lawyer. As an IP lawyer, Jonathon works to protect and monetize his clients’ innovations and protect his clients’ brands across a variety of sectors, including the energy, real estate, and technology industries. He also advises healthcare institutions regarding corporate governance issues and patient data privacy and protection under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). As a litigator, Jonathon is at home in the court room, where he represents both plaintiffs and defendants and works hard to enforce his clients’ intellectual property rights and data confidentiality rights, to protect his clients’ brands, and to resolve complex commercial disputes in the design and construction, real estate, energy, healthcare, and technology industries.Jonathon has degrees from Southern Methodist University in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Viola Performance and J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), and he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Jennifer Walker Elrod of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to the practice of law, Jonathon served as the director of information and technology for a mid-size restaurant company where he actively participated in key technology and business decisions relating to corporate back-end computing services, point-of-sale and point-of-transaction systems and web-interface design. He also served as a mathematical consultant for the Bank of America Private Bank where he developed financial portfolio projection and analysis software using the Monte Carlo method.

Experience

1. Partner

   Bracewell Llp

   Jan 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law

  JD, Law

  2005 — 2008

• Southern Methodist University

  BA, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Viola Performance

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Corporate Law
• Appeals
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Business Litigation
• Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Due Diligence
• Technology Transfer
• Licensing
• Legal Assistance
• Copyright Law
• Legal Research
• Civil Litigation
• Joint Ventures
• Trademark Infringement
• Trade Secrets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Intellectual Property