2022 Legal 500 US Guide Recognizes Hunton Andrews Kurth Among Top US Law Firms

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP earned top rankings in the 2022 Legal 500 US Guide. The firm is recommended in 37 practice areas and 89 individual attorneys are recognized in the guide. Five Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame and six attorneys are listed as Leading Lawyers.

The following practices received Tier 1 recommendations:

• Cyber Law: Data Privacy and Data Protection
• Environment: Regulatory
• Structured Finance – Securitization

The firm was recognized as a leading practice in the areas of: 

Dispute Resolution

• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Defense – Toxic Tort

Finance

• Capital Markets – Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets – Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
• Capital Markets – Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets – Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers
• Capital Markets – High-Yield Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets – High-Yield Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
• Project Finance – Advice to Lenders
• Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
• Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate

Industry Focus

• Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
• Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Environment: Litigation
• Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

Intellectual Property

• Trademarks: Litigation
• Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)

Labor and Employment

• Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
• Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Immigration
• Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
• Labor Management Relations

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

• M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)

Media, Technology and Telecoms

• FinTech
• Outsourcing
• Technology Transactions

Real Estate

• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Tax

• US Taxes: Non-Contentious

The following attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame:

• F. William Brownell – Environment: Litigation
• George C. Howell, III – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS)
• Lorelie S. Masters – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Randall S. Parks – Outsourcing
• Lisa J. Sotto – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

 

The following attorneys are listed as Leading Lawyers in their respective practices:

• Shannon S. Broome – Environment: Litigation
• Deidre G. Duncan – Environment: Regulatory
• Brett L. Gross – Real Estate Finance
• Matthew Leopold – Environment: Regulatory
• G. Michael O’Leary – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas and M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
• Aaron P. Simpson – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

Eighty-nine attorneys are recommended in the 2022 Legal 500 US Guide (*denotes Next Generation Lawyer):

Dispute Resolution:    Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Defense - Toxic Tort

• Alexandra Cunningham
• Georgia L. Lucier
• Merideth Daly
• Thomas W. Taylor
• Thomas R. Waskom

Finance: Capital Markets - Debt Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Mayme B. Donohue – Rising Star
• Susan S. Failla
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven Friend
• Peter K. O'Brien
• David C. Wright

Finance: Capital Markets - Equity Offerings

• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Peter K. O'Brien
• David C. Wright

Finance: Capital Markets - High-Yield Debt Offerings

• Henry Havre
• G. Michael O'Leary

Finance: Project Finance

• Laura Ellen Jones
• Gregory F. Lang
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• Eric J. Nedell
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder
• John Shepherd, Jr.

Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate

• Tyler Brown
• Timothy Davidson
• Ashley L. Harper
• Justin F. Paget
• Joseph Rovira

Finance: Structured Finance – Securitization

• Brit Mohler Dufilho*

Industry Focus: Energy Litigation: Conventional Power

• Harry M. “Pete” Johnson
• Nash E. Long
• Eric J. Murdock

 

Industry Focus: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

• Shannon S. Broome
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Alexis Gomez
• Charles H. Knauss
• Harry M. “Pete” Johnson
• Myles F. Reynolds

Industry Focus: Energy Regulation: Conventional Power

• Lauren Freeland
• Harry M. “Pete” Johnson
• Kevin W. Jones
• Eric J. Murdock
• Myles F. Reynolds
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder
• John Shepherd, Jr.
• Tab Urbantke

Industry Focus: Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas

• Shannon S. Broome
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Charles H. Knauss
• Eric J. Murdock
• Shemin V. Proctor
• Myles F. Reynolds

Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

• Geoffrey Lorenz
• David S. Lowman
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Industry Focus: Energy Transactions: Conventional Power

• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Industry Focus: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Harve Truskett

Industry Focus: Environment: Litigation

• Samuel L. Brown
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Clare Ellis
• Alexandra Hamilton
• Charles H. Knauss
• Matthew Leopold
• Kerry L. McGrath
• Eric J. Murdock
• Andrew J. Turner

Industry Focus: Environment: Regulatory

• Shannon S. Broome
• Samuel L. Brown
• Clare Ellis – Rising Star
• Charles H. Knauss
• Kerry L. McGrath
• Eric J. Murdock
• Andrew J. Turner

Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

• Walter J. Andrews
• Lawrence Bracken
• Andrea DeField*
• Michael S. Levine
• Cary D. Steklof

Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation

• Jeremy S. Boczko
• Edward T. Colbert
• Tyler Maddry
• John Gary Maynard
• Michael A. Oakes

 

Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)

• John Gary Maynard
• Michael A. Oakes
• Stephen Demm
• Tyler Maddry

Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design

• Jessica Agostinho
• L. Scott Austin
• Anthony J. Eppert
• Michelle S. Lewis
• David A. Mustone
• Kelly A. Ultis

Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• L. Scott Austin
• Anthony J. Eppert

Labor and Employment: Immigration

• Ian P. Band
• Sara Harlow
• Suzan Kern
• Adam J. Rosser
• Lieselot K. Whitbeck

Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense

• Ryan Bates
• M. Brett Burns
• Roland Juarez
• Scott M. Nelson
• Christopher Pardo
• Emily Burkhardt Vicente
• Kevin White

Labor and Employment: Labor-management Relations

• Emily Burkhardt Vicente
• Kevin White

 

M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)

• Fernando C. Alonso
• Kevin Georgerian
• Steven M. Haas
• J. Steven Patterson
• Gary E. Thompson
• Peter G. Weinstock

Media, Technology and Telecoms:    Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

• Brittany M. Bacon
• Danielle Dobrusin – Rising Star

Media, Technology and Telecoms: FinTech

• Brittany M. Bacon
• Eric W. Flynn
• Erin Fonté
• Jarrett L. Hale
• Scott Kimpel
• Lisa J. Sotto
• Peter G. Weinstock

Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing

• Christina C. Edwards – Rising Star
• Andrew Geyer
• Jeffrey L. Harvey
• Cecilia Y. Oh*

Real Estate: Real Estate

• Jeffrey W. Giese
• Laurie Grasso
• Paul J. Greco, Jr. – Rising Star
• Brett L. Gross
• Howard E. Schreiber
• Matthew A. Scoville

Real Estate: Real Estate Finance

• Laurie Grasso
• Matthew R. Halal
• Peter J. Mignone
• Kathleen Tarbox Muñoz
• Howard E. Schreiber
• Raegan R.J. Watchman
• Kathleen Wu

 

Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

• James V. Davidson*
• Kendal A. Sibley
• Robert K. Smith
• David C. Wright

Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Cecelia Phillipps Horner
• George C. Howell, III
• Robert J. McNamara
• Kendal A. Sibley

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