Hancock Estabrook, LLP announced that Ashley D. Hayes has rejoined the firm’s Litigation, Labor & Employment and Intellectual Property departments. She rejoins the firm after serving as an interlocutory attorney for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), where she was responsible for the pre-trial management of inter partes proceedings before the TTAB. Previously, Hayes spent nearly 20 years at Hancock Estabrook, representing clients on a wide range of issues in federal and state court litigation. She represents a variety of clients, including publicly and privately held corporations, municipalities, and charitable organizations. Hayes has appeared regularly in federal and state court and arbitration to advocate on her clients’ behalf. Her practice areas include employment law, civil-rights litigation, product-liability litigation, trade secret and intellectual-property litigation, other complex contractual disputes, and large-scale real property and water-rights disputes.