Baker Botts L.L.P.

Intellectual Property

Partner

Practice Group Chair - Federal Circuit Appellate (Firmwide)

Michael Hawes chairs Baker Botts' Federal Circuit Appellate Practice Group and has been principal counsel for over 60 appeals and mandamus proceedings in appellate court. Clients rely on Michael to assist them in forming strategies to address current IP disputes and protect them from future disputes. He handles negotiations and cases dealing with patent and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and violation of employment agreement IP provisions.

Michael clerked at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. for the Honorable William C. Bryson, and has also argued many cases before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including appeals from both the Patent Office and District Courts.

State Bar of Texas; United States Supreme Court; United States Patent and Trademark Office; United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits; United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; Past Chair of the Science and Technology Law Section, American Bar Association; American Bar Foundation, Fellow; SDTX Patent Rules Advisory Group

J.D., Harvard Law School 1998 magna cum laude Lead Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Rice University 1993 Eta Kappa Nu