W. Patton Hahn concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights litigation, employment law and construction law. He has extensive experience litigating and negotiating complex, multi-party commercial disputes, contractual disputes, receivership cases, complex real property and zoning litigation, shareholder disputes and other corporate governance litigation, will and trust disputes, complex large-scale construction cases and commercial fraud cases. Mr. Hahn served as lead counsel for the Receiver appointed to administer and oversee the Jefferson County Sewer System and worked extensively in negotiations with the county, investment bankers, bond insurers and hedge funds in attempts to find a solution to the county's $3 billion sewer debt crisis.
Mr. Hahn primarily represents banks, private equity lenders, hedge funds, loan servicers and other lending institutions, commercial general contractors, commercial subcontractors and materials suppliers.
Mr. Hahn is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry, the Turnaround Management Association and the Construction Suppliers Association.
- The Family and Medical Leave Act, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2008 Cumulative Supplement, Contributing Author
- "Contract Negotiation," Seminar Presentation, April 2008, Birmingham, Alabama
- "How to Comply With the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)," Employment Law from A to Z seminar, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2007
- "How to Comply With the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)," Employment Law from A to Z seminar, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2006
- "Henderson v. HIS Financial Services: Georgia Joins the Growing Trend of Limiting Vicarious Liability for Lawyers," 23 Journal of the Legal Profession 257
- Listed in Alabama Rising Stars (2010 and 2011)
- 2005 Graduate, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Trial Academy
- Law Clerk, Honorable Eric G. Bruggink, United States Court of Federal Claims (1999-2000)
- Member โ American Bar Association (Construction, Labor and Employment and Litigation Sections; Member, Dispute Avoidance and Resolution, Labor Relations and Construction Committees)
- Member โ Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
- Member โ John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
- Student Articles Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession
- Firm Chairperson, 2007 United Way Campaign
- 2008 Graduate, Project Corporate Leadership
- Firm Leader, National Conference for Community and Justice Walk-as-One Campaigns
- Vice President of the Board, Children's Dance Foundation
- Alabama, 1999
- Alabama Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
- U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1999, cum laude
- Colgate University, B.A., 1994