ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Benjamin L. Hatch, McGuireWoods LLP / Norfolk
Ben is a partner in the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation group. Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Ben spent nine years as a federal prosecutor with the United States 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 United States Attorney (AUSA) and Criminal Chief in the Norfolk Division.
During his time as an AUSA, Ben successfully argued nine appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and conducted thirteen jury trials and two bench trials in the Norfolk, Alexandria and Richmond Divisions. His work involved a diverse array of criminal cases, including prosecuting complex national security matters, white collar, public corruption and violent crime.
Ben received The John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation, one of the highest awards given for trial practice by the Department of Justice, from then Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in a two month trial of several Somali pirates. Ben previously served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He graduated magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School.
At Harvard, Ben served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was also part of a team that won Harvard Law School’s Ames Moot Court Competition, and Ben received the George Leisure Award for being recognized as the best oralist. For the last six years, Ben has served as an Adjunct Professor teaching the Advanced Brief Writing class at the College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
John M. Huddle, The Global Law Group, PLC / Lovettsville
John is the founder of The Global Law Group, PLC, a boutique firm based in Northern Virginia providing proactive expertise to foreign and U.S. clients in today’s challenging, but lucrative, global marketplace. Prior to forming his firm in 2002, Mr. Huddle organized and chaired the international practice group of one of the largest law firms in Virginia, and he was a shareholder and Director in that firm.
In his 38 years of practice, John has represented a diverse group of foreign and U.S. clients in international transactions and other business law matters. His U.S. practice is national in scope. In many cases he serves as lead international counsel to clients on a global basis.
He also welcomes opportunities to provide subject matter expertise to firms involved in due diligence in support of transactions or in other matters within his scope of practice. His practice areas include:
• International and domestic distribution and IP licensing networks
• Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances
• Trademark registration and enforcement (U.S. and international)
• Export/import regulations/sanctions programs (compliance programs, enforcement,classifications and licensing)
• Export tax incentives (IC-DISC and its predecessor programs, ETI, FSC, and DISC)
• Foreign direct investment (including corporate matters and site selection, acquisition and financing)
• Foreign subsidiaries, branches and affiliates of US companies
