Paul Hughes is an associate in the Litigation and Supreme Court & Appellate practices of the Washington office. He has drafted briefs in a variety of state and federal courts, including the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

At Mayer Brown, Paul assists with the Yale Supreme Court Clinic, which, as a joint project between Mayer Brown and the Yale Law School, is among the largest and most successful appellate advocacy programs in the nation. Paul also teaches international and human rights law at Georgetown University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he is appointed as an Adjunct Instructor. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in September 2009, Paul served as a law clerk to the Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Paul received his JD in 2008 from the Yale Law School, where he served as a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and was the recipient of the C. LaRue Munson Prize and the Chubb Prize. He received his MA, with distinction, and AB, summa cum laude, from Georgetown University.