About Benjamin L.
Benjamin L. Hatch graduated from the University of Virginia in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in government. He moved on to Harvard Law School and earned his J.D. in 2002. Those credentials set the stage for a federal practice that spans both trial and appellate courts.
He is a partner at McGuireWoods. Over the years he has built a practice that routinely appears in multiple federal forums. His admissions include several U.S. Courts of Appeals—the 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th Circuits—and federal district courts such as the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia. He also holds licensure in Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Hatch holds memberships in state and local bars. He has been a member of the New York State Bar since 2005 and joined the District of Columbia Bar in 2017. Those memberships, together with his appellate admissions, enable him to manage matters that cross regional lines and involve complex procedural postures. He handles filings and oral arguments in courts that frequently decide unsettled questions of law.
Colleagues describe his work as grounded in careful legal analysis and courtroom preparation. He represents clients in appeals and in federal trial courts, and he prepares written briefs and presents oral argument. He has worked on matters that require coordination across jurisdictions and that call for both trial-court advocacy and appellate strategy.
At McGuireWoods he participates in cases that test legal issues at the appellate level and that require detailed briefing at the district court stage. His practice combines litigation in federal trial courts with appellate work in circuit courts. He is currently focused on representing clients in federal litigation and appellate proceedings.
