Wesley Hill
Recognized since 2018
Longview, Texas
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Wesley Hill balances a successful practice in intellectual property and business litigation. With more than 25 trials to his credit, including over a dozen patent cases, Mr. Hill brings broad courtroom experience to every case he handles. Mr. Hill’s trial successes include significant plaintiff’s verdicts as well as no-liability findings for defense clients. Most recently, he obtained substantial damage awards and willful patent infringement findings for Saint Lawrence Communications, LLC against Motorola Mobility and Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC against Apple, Inc. Other recent trial successes include a defense jury verdict for Ralcorp Holdings and Medallion Foods, defeating claims by Frito-Lay for patent infringement, trademark infringement, and theft of trade secrets, and a state court victory for a small business owner sued after a failed business venture.
Outside of trial, Mr. Hill has also successfully litigated and resolved cases involving franchise operations, business partnerships, breach of contract, and fraud. Having assisted clients with the resolution of hundreds of cases, Mr. Hill understands how to identify clients’ priorities and achieve their objectives, whether through litigation, settlement, or trial.
A former briefing attorney to the Honorable T. John Ward, former United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Mr. Hill is chairman of the Eastern District of Texas Local Rules Committee and is intimately familiar with practice in the district. He graduated second in his law school class at Texas Tech University (J.D., 2001) and received the Texas Young Lawyers Association State Moot Court Best Advocate Award. A native East Texan, Mr. Hill also is a graduate of the University of Texas at Tyler (B.A., 1998).
Practice Areas:
- Patent Litigation
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Business Disputes
- Federal Criminal Defense
- Lawyer Page: https://wsfirm.com/attorneys/wesley-hill
- 1507 Bill Owens Parkway
Longview, TX 75604
- Texas Tech University, J.D., graduated 2001
- The University of Texas at Tyler, B.A., graduated 1998
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association - Member
- Eastern District of Texas Local Rules Advisory Committee - Chairman
- Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas - Member
- State Bar of Texas - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- Texas Young Lawyers Association - Member
- The Honorable T. John Ward American Inn of Court - Member
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Texas State District Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
5 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Tyler (2023)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2024
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2016-2023
- IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, 2018
- Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, 2017, 2021-2022
- Patent Stars, 2017, by Managing Intellectual Property magazine
- Texas Rising Stars, by Thomson Reuters and Super Lawyers, 2011-2016
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Benchmark Litigation, Top Litigator Under 40 (Energy and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- The Order of the Coif
- National Order of Barristers
- Best Advocate, Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Best Advocate Quarterfinalist, American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2001
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Patent
- Natural Resources Law
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