Michael E. Hawes

Michael E. Hawes — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. The tracked record for this attorney is limited to a single matter, Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. Valve Corporation, which concerns Wi-Fi / IEEE 802.11 wireless-standards technology (Atlas Global's campaigns have asserted Wi-Fi 6–related patents against hardware and gaming-device makers). On that basis the practice appears concentrated in standards-based wireless and consumer-electronics patent defense. There is not enough tracked or publicly verifiable material to characterize a broader technology portfolio (e.g., pharma, mechanical, or life sciences work), and I found no Locke Lord attorney bio page, Chambers/Legal 500 profile, or Law360 attorney page for a "Michael E. Hawes" to corroborate a wider practice description.

Side preference. The data shows 0 plaintiff-side and 1 defendant-side appearance (100% defense). That is consistent with defending operating companies against assertions by non-practicing patent holders, which is the posture in Atlas Global v. Valve. Given the single-case sample, this should be read as an indication rather than an established pattern.

Firm context. Current firm is Locke Lord, where the tracked appearance lists the role as of counsel. I could not verify any prior firm history for this attorney through public sources.

Notable cases and outcomes. The only tracked matter is Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. Valve Corporation, a patent infringement action in which Hawes is listed as of counsel for the defendant. I found no publicly reported verdict, settlement, or Federal Circuit appellate result attributable to this attorney in that case, and no other litigation results that could be reliably tied to him.

PTAB / IPR experience. No IPR, PGR, or other PTAB proceeding appearances are reflected in the tracked data, and I found none on verification.

Bar / education. Not reliably sourced; omitted.

Disambiguation note. A different attorney named Michael Hawes — a Baker Botts partner in Houston who chairs that firm's Federal Circuit appellate practice, clerked for Judge William C. Bryson, and holds a Harvard J.D. and a Rice electrical engineering degree — appears prominently in search results. That is a separate individual at a different firm, and none of his admissions, education, or case history should be attributed to the Locke Lord attorney profiled here. The "E." middle initial and the Locke Lord affiliation distinguish the subject of this summary.

Overall: this is a thin record. The profile rests on a single defense-side appearance in a Wi-Fi standards case, and most standard profile markers (verified bar admissions, education, firm history, PTAB practice) could not be independently confirmed.