Paula Hinton focuses her practice on representing businesses in complex civil litigation. She has represented clients in courtrooms across the country, before administrative agencies, and in international and domestic arbitration forums to resolve a wide variety of disputes, including those concerning contracts and general business issues, business torts, consumer disputes, environmental issues, trademark issues, trade secret issues, product liability, telecommunications litigation, energy-related litigation, and numerous class actions.

Paula received a B.A., magna cum laude, in political science, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Alabama where she was named the Outstanding Graduate Student. She received her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law, where she served as Chief Justice of the Honor Court and is currently a member of the Board of Governors for the University of Alabama School of Law. After law school, Paula was a Rotary International Graduate Fellow in international comparative law at the Universidad de Seville, Spain from 1980-81. Paula now serves in various leadership positions including as a member of Winston & Strawn’s Execute Committee, and as Global Chair of the Women’s Leadership Initiative. Paula has served and continues to serve as a leader in various local, state, and national bar associations, and is currently a member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section’s Council-the governing body of the Litigation Section of the ABA.