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Benjamin Hatch
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With extensive litigation experience in both private practice and government service, Benjamin L. Hatch represents clients in high-stakes civil litigation, criminal investigations, and appeals. He has first chaired numerous jury trials, conducted bench trials, and argued appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 4th, 5th, 7th, and D.C. Circuits and the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Before joining McGuireWoods, Ben spent nine years as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, serving in the Alexandria, Richmond, and Norfolk divisions of the Eastern District of Virginia. Most recently, Ben served as the Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney and Criminal Chief in the Norfolk Division. He received the John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation, one of the highest awards given for trial practice by the U.S. Department of Justice, from then-Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in a two-month trial of several Somali pirates.
Ben served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.