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PATRICK B. HUGHES

E-Mail phughes@adamsjones.com

Practice Areas

Business, Real Estate and Estate Litigation and Appeals

Education

The Wichita State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988)
Washburn University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994)

Clerkships

Law Clerk to Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, Federal Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, 1996-97.
Research attorney for Justice Edward Larson on the Kansas Court of Appeals and Kansas Supreme Court, 1994-96.  

Legal Experience

Patrick Hughes began his legal career as a research attorney/law clerk for the Kansas Court of Appeals, the Kansas Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.  Since joining Adams Jones in 1997 he has continued appellate work, both in state and federal court, and practices in the area of litigation.  His practice principally consists of disputes involving real estate, businesses, governmental entities, estates and trusts, and financial institutions and disputes involving land title, landlords and tenants, liens, inverse condemnation, co-tenants, right of way and municipal law. 

Pat’s real estate related experience includes zoning and subdivision matters, water rights, pollution liability, and construction claims.  In the business area, in addition to representing clients in business disputes, he provides legal services related to intellectual property - advising and representing clients in matters concerning trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, and patents.  In the area of estates his experience includes will contests, claims against estates, and advising and representing trustees.   

Seminar Presentations


Kansas Land Use Law (Half Moon)

Siting Controversial Land Uses (Lorman)

Appellate Practice (Wichita Bar Association)

Appellate Practice (Kansas Bar Association)  

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Property Law, Friends University

Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Presidents College School of Law

Publications

“What Can’t They Do?  Limitations on the Power of Local Zoning Authorities,”   66 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 1, 26 (2007)

Kansas Appellate Advocacy--an Inside View of Common Sense Strategy,” 66 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 2, 26 (1997)

Organizations

Wichita Bar Association

Kansas Bar Association American Bar Association

American Bar Association

School Board Member and President, Bluestem USD#205  

 

 

 

03/10/2009                                                                           Copyright Adams Jones Law Firm, P.A.