Gary Hausken

Mr. Hausken is the Director of the Intellectual Property Staff, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice.  He joined the Department of Justice as a patent attorney in 1990 and was appointed Assistant Director in 2003. He was promoted to Deputy Director in 2016. Mr. Hausken assumed his current position as Director on January 3, 2017. The Intellectual Property Staff represents the United States in complex intellectual property litigation and advises government agencies on a wide variety of issues related to intellectual property rights.  

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Hausken was a Judge Advocate officer on active duty with the U.S. Army for 11 years. During his tenure, he held a variety of assignments, including a tour of duty at the Intellectual Property Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He retired from the Army in 2001.

Mr. Hausken received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Oregon State University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Montana in 1979. He was awarded an LL.M in patent and trade regulation law from The George Washington University Law School in 1991. He is an enrolled patent attorney, as well as being admitted in California and Montana.