Media item displaying Paul A. Hoversten

Paul A. Hoversten

Associate

[email protected]

202.434.5525

Paul’s practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation, including consumer protection enforcement actions, commercial contract and antitrust disputes, and administrative law issues.  He has worked on matters at every stage, from pleading and discovery through trial and appeal, in courts and arbitral forums around the country.  Paul’s representations include major technology companies, financial service providers, and investment firms, and he keeps an active pro bono practice for noncitizens seeking asylum.

Paul hails from the Upper Midwest. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as a Notes Editor on the Michigan Law Review.  After graduating, he clerked for the Honorable Benita Y. Pearson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Publications

  • Note, Punishment but Not a Penalty? Punitive Damages Are Impermissible Under Foreign Substantive Law, 116 Mich. L. Rev. 759 (2018)
  • Essay, Counting Zeros: The Every Student Succeeds Act and the Testing Opt-Out Movement, 116 Mich. L. Rev. Online 61 (2017)