The College forwarded to me a press release from Fox Rothschild LLP announcing that Bill Hansen has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. Bill regularly serves as lead counsel in intellectual property matters for both U.S. and international companies on cases under the U.S. Lanham Act, including trademark infringement, false advertising, patent and copyright infringement. In addition to his intellectual property litigation work, Bill regularly provides counsel on all aspects of trademarks and copyrights, including cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, trademark clearance and protection of copyrighted works. Bill earned his J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law and for the past 35 years the College has been one of Bill’s clients. I caught up with Bill while he was at JFK airport preparing to catch a flight to London. He has three adult children, Ashley-Anne, Will and Hank. Outside of work Bill remains an avid reader of history. He keeps active with seasonal yard work, splitting wood and still enjoys weightlifting.


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— Rick Sample , Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com