Jonathon Hance is a Chambers USA-ranked intellectual property lawyer and litigator who is just as at home in the court room as he is in the board room. He is one of the 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers (Lawdragon, Inc.), one of the 500 Leading Litigators in the United States (Lawdragon, Inc.), and one of the 1,000 top trademark lawyers in the world (World Trademark Review). Because of his breadth of experience, clients rely on Jonathon as their outside intellectual property counsel or general counsel, seeking his guidance on a full array of legal needs ranging from intellectual property procurement and management, patent and IP portfolio structuring and management, corporate governance, business transaction structuring, data privacy, and dispute resolution. He also advises healthcare institutions regarding corporate governance issues and patient data privacy and protection under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
As an intellectual property lawyer, Jonathon helps well-established businesses and startups alike protect and monetize their innovations and brands across a variety of sectors, including the energy, real estate, healthcare, technology, and fintech industries.
As a litigator, Jonathon represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes of all types, including those involving intellectual property, breaches of contract, tort claims, breaches of fiduciary duty, medical malpractice, and director and officer liability.
Jonathon speaks frequently to bar associations, corporate counsel groups, universities, industry associations, and businesses about artificial intelligence, name, image and likeness, intellectual property licensing, trademark protection, and dispute remedies.
According to Chambers USA, Jonathon’s “work spans the transactional, prosecution, and governance mandates,” he has demonstrated the “ability to handle significant matters,” and “he draws abundant and routinely effusive client responses, with one [client] dubbing him a ‘superstar.’” (2026). Appropriately, clients have recognized Jonathon’s depth of experience, including that “Jonathon has a keen knowledge of the law and pressure points,” that he “is incredibly responsive at all times and practical in his advice, and that “he has a handle on the business practicalities.” (2026). As one client put it, “Jonathon knows IP law backwards and forwards.” (2006). Another said: “His level of sophistication and commercial vision are exceptional. Jonathon is a superstar, exceptionally knowledgeable, a skilled negotiator, and overall very easy to work with.” (2006). And another said: “There is no better attorney than Jonathon Hance.” (2026).