Background
Pate, R. Hewitt was born on June 14, 1962 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Robert and Ellen Pate.
Pate, R. Hewitt was born on June 14, 1962 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Robert and Ellen Pate.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Arts, 1984). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1987). Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven Society.
Member Virginia Law Review, 1986-1987.
Clerkship: Honorary J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, United States. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1987-1988.
Honorary Lewis F. Powell, Junior, Justice (Retired) United States. Supreme Court, 1988-1989.
Ron. Anthony M, Kennedy, United States.
Supreme Court, 1989-1990.
Law clerk for Honorary J. Harvie Wilkinson, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987—1988. Law clerk for Justice Lewis F. Powell, Junior, United States Supreme Court, Washington, 1988—1989, law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 1989—1990. Associate Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia, 1990—1995, partner, 1995—2000.
Deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division United States Department Justice, Washington, 2001—2003, assistant attorney general, 2003—2005. Partner Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia, 2005—2009. Vice president, general counsel Chevron Corporation, San Ramon, California, since 2009.
Member Commission on Future of Higher Education in Virginia, Richmond, 1994—1995, Governor's Commission on Self-Determination and Federalism, Richmond, 1994—1996. Ewald distinguished visiting professor University Virginia School Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1999. Chairman competition committee working party 3 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, 2003—2005.
Chair international working group United States Attorney General's Task Force on Intellectual Property, Washington, 2004—2004.
Member, Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Virginia, 1994-1995. Member, Governor"s Advisory Council on Self-Determinism and Federalism, 1995. Adjunct Professor, Therapeutic Community Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, 1993, 1994.
University of Virginia School of Law, 1995.
Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Appellate Advocacy Program, 1994.
Married Lindsey Haines, August 2, 1986. 2 children.