Chambers USA Honors Hunton Among Top Firms in 2026 Guide

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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP was recognized in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide with 66 practices ranked nationally and regionally and 163 individual rankings for attorneys in their respective practice area.

The following practices were recognized in the 2026 guide:

  • Banking & Finance – Florida, Georgia, and Texas
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Texas and Virginia
  • Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – Texas
  • Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt – Issuer Counsel – USA-Nationwide
  • Capital Markets: Securitization – MSR – USA-Nationwide
  • Capital Markets: Securitization – RMBS – USA-Nationwide
  • Climate Change – USA-Nationwide
  • Corporate/M&A – Southern Virginia and Texas
  • Corporate/M&A and Private Equity – South Florida
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Texas: Houston & Surrounds
  • Energy: Electricity (Finance) – USA-Nationwide
  • Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – USA-Nationwide
  • Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – USA-Nationwide
  • Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) – Texas
  • Environment – USA-Nationwide, California, District of Columbia, North Carolina, and Virginia
  • Healthcare – Virginia
  • Immigration – District of Columbia
  • Insurance – Georgia and Massachusetts
  • Insurance: Dispute Resolution – Florida
  • Insurance: Dispute Resolution – Policyholder – USA-Nationwide
  • Insurance: Policyholder – District of Columbia
  • Intellectual Property – Southern Virginia
  • Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, & Trade Secrets – New York 
  • Labor & Employment – USA-Nationwide, California, District of Columbia, Texas, and Virginia
  • Litigation: General Commercial – USA-Nationwide, District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Texas: Houston & Surrounds, and Virginia
  • Occupational Safety and Health – USA-Nationwide
  • Outsourcing – USA-Nationwide
  • Privacy & Data Security – USA-Nationwide
  • Privacy & Data Security: Litigation – USA-Nationwide
  • Product Liability & Toxic Torts – USA-Nationwide and Virginia
  • Projects: Agency Financing – USA-Nationwide
  • Projects: PPP – USA-Nationwide
  • Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – USA-Nationwide
  • Public Finance – USA-Nationwide, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia
  • Real Estate – USA-Nationwide, Southern Virginia, and Texas
  • Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance – New York
  • Real Estate: Mainly Dirt – New York
  • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Northern Virginia
  • REITs – USA-Nationwide
  • Retail – USA-Nationwide
  • Tax – Texas
  • Technology & Outsourcing – District of Columbia


The following attorneys were recognized in their respective practice:

Accountant & Auditor Liability

  • Matthew P. Bosher (USA-Nationwide)

Antitrust

  • Kevin Hahm (District of Columbia)

Banking & Finance

  • David Barbour (Texas)
  • Tammy W. Brennig (Texas)
  • Jeffrey Butler (Texas)
  • Greta Griffith (Georgia)
  • Jared D. Grodin (Texas)
  • Thomas J. Perich (Texas)
  • John R. Schneider (Georgia)

Banking & Finance: Transactional

  • Fernando C. Alonso (Florida)
  • Uriel A. Mendieta (Florida)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

  • Tyler P. Brown (Virginia)
  • Timothy A. “Tad” Davidson II (USA-Nationwide and Texas)
  • Jason W. Harbour (Virginia)
  • Ashley L. Harper (Texas)
  • Justin F. Paget (Virginia)
  • Robin Russell (Texas)
  • J.R. Smith (Virginia)

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

  • Michael O’Leary (USA-Nationwide: Central United States and Texas)

Capital Markets: Securitization – ABS

  • John J. Dedyo (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – MSR

  • Brit Mohler Dufilho (USA-Nationwide)
  • Edward L. Douma (USA-Nationwide)
  • Thomas Y. Hiner (USA-Nationwide)
  • Michael Nedzbala (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – RMBS

  • Eric Burner (USA-Nationwide)
  • Rudene Mercer Haynes (USA-Nationwide)
  • Brent A. Lewis (USA-Nationwide)
  • Amy McDaniel Williams (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – Tax

  • Cecelia Philipps Horner (USA-Nationwide)

Climate Change

  • Shannon S. Broome (USA-Nationwide)
  • Samuel L. Brown (USA-Nationwide)
  • William Brownell (USA-Nationwide)
  • Charles H. Knauss (USA-Nationwide)

Construction

  • Michael F. Albers (Texas)

Corporate/M&A

  • Kevin M. Georgerian (Southern Virginia)
  • Allen C. Goolsby (Southern Virginia)
  • Douglas S. Granger (Southern Virginia)
  • Steven Haas (Southern Virginia)
  • Austin Maloney (Southern Virginia)
  • Michael O’Leary (Texas)

Corporate/M&A and Private Equity

  • Fernando C. Alonso (South Florida)

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

  • Jessica Agostinho (District of Columbia)
  • Robert M. Cipolla (District of Columbia)
  • Anthony Eppert (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)

Energy: Electricity (Finance)

  • Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr. (USA-Nationwide)
  • Steven C. Friend (USA-Nationwide)
  • Brendan P. Harney (USA-Nationwide)
  • Patrick Jamieson (USA-Nationwide)
  • Adam O’Brian (USA-Nationwide)
  • Peter K. O’Brien (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)

  • John Lee Shepherd, Jr. (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

  • Shemin V. Proctor (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

  • Michael O’Leary (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)

  • Lauren Freeland (Texas)
  • Myles Reynolds (Texas)
  • Tab Urbantke (Texas)

Environment

  • Shannon S. Broome (California)
  • Samuel L. Brown (California)
  • William Brownell (District of Columbia)
  • Deidre G. Duncan (District of Columbia)
  • Clare Ellis (California)
  • Charles H. Knauss (District of Columbia)
  • Nash E. Long (North Carolina)
  • Brent A. Rosser (North Carolina)
  • Andrew J. Turner (District of Columbia)
  • Gregory R. Wall (Virginia)

Government Contracts

  • Eric S. Crusius (USA-Nationwide)

Government Contracts: Cybersecurity

  • Eric S. Crusius (USA-Nationwide)

Healthcare

  • Elizabeth A. Breen (Virginia)
  • Mark S. Hedberg (Virginia)
  • Matthew D. Jenkins (Virginia)
  • James M. Pinna (Virginia)

Immigration

  • Ian P. Band (District of Columbia)
  • Suzan Kern (District of Columbia)
  • Adam J. Rosser (District of Columbia)

Insurance

  • Lawrence J. Bracken II (Georgia)
  • Geoffrey B. Fehling (Massachusetts)

Insurance: Dispute Resolution

  • Walter J. Andrews (Florida)
  • Andrea DeField (Florida)
  • Cary D. Steklof (Florida)

Insurance: Dispute Resolution – Policyholder

  • Lorelie S. Masters (USA-Nationwide)

Insurance: Policyholder

  • Latosha M. Ellis (District of Columbia)
  • Michael S. Levine (District of Columbia)
  • Lorelie S. Masters (District of Columbia)
  • Koorosh “KT” Talieh (District of Columbia)

Intellectual Property

  • Stephen P. Demm (Southern Virginia)
  • Maya M. Eckstein (Southern Virginia)
  • John Gary Maynard (Southern Virginia)

Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, & Trade Secrets

  • Jeremy S. Boczko (New York)

Labor & Employment

  • Emily Burkhardt Vicente (California)
  • Brett Burns (California)
  • Robert T. Dumbacher (Georgia)
  • Juan C. Enjamio (Florida)
  • Ryan A. Glasgow (Virginia)
  • Kurt G. Larkin (Virginia)
  • Robert T. Quackenboss (District of Columbia)
  • Kevin J. White (District of Columbia)
  • Holly H. Williamson (Texas)

Litigation: Appellate

  • Ryan Clinton (Texas)
  • Elbert Lin (Virginia)

Litigation: General Commercial

  • Matthew P. Bosher (Virginia)
  • Christopher J. Cunio (Massachusetts)
  • Alexandra B. Cunningham (Virginia)
  • Samuel A. Danon (Florida)
  • John Delionado (Florida)
  • Edward J. Fuhr (Virginia)
  • Jamie Zysk Isani (Florida)
  • Elbert Lin (Virginia)
  • Michael R. Shebelskie (Virginia)
  • Thomas G. Slater, Jr. (Virginia)

Occupational Safety and Health

  • Reilly C. Moore (USA-Nationwide)
  • Susan Wiltsie (USA-Nationwide)

Oil & Gas Litigation

  • Ryan Clinton (USA-Nationwide)

Outsourcing

  • Christina C. Edwards (USA-Nationwide)
  • Andrew Geyer (USA-Nationwide)
  • Jeffrey L. Harvey (USA-Nationwide)
  • Randall S. Parks (USA-Nationwide)

Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity

  • Maeve Malik (USA-Nationwide)
  • Lisa J. Sotto (USA-Nationwide)

Privacy & Data Security: Litigation

  • Ann Marie Mortimer (USA-Nationwide)

Privacy & Data Security: Privacy

  • Brittany M. Bacon (USA-Nationwide)
  • Aaron P. Simpson (USA-Nationwide)
  • Lisa J. Sotto (USA-Nationwide)

Product Liability & Toxic Torts

  • Alexandra B. Cunningham (USA-Nationwide and Virginia)
  • Thomas R. Waskom (Virginia)

Projects

  • Jeffrey P. Schroeder (USA-Nationwide)

Projects: Agency Financing

  • James W. Head (USA-Nationwide)
  • Alejandro Silva (USA-Nationwide)

Projects: PPP

  • David B. Horner (USA-Nationwide)
  • Andrej Micovic (USA-Nationwide)
  • John O’Neill (USA-Nationwide)
  • Ryan J. Pedraza (USA-Nationwide)

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

  • Laura Ellen Jones (USA-Nationwide)
  • Geoffrey Lorenz (USA-Nationwide)
  • Jeffrey P. Schroeder (USA-Nationwide)

Public Finance

  • Caryl Greenberg Smith (Georgia)
  • Christopher G. Kulp (Virginia)
  • Samantha Gilley Rachlin (Texas)
  • Thomas A. Sage (Texas)
  • Douglass P. Selby (Georgia)
  • Brendan Staley (Virginia)
  • Martha A. Warthen (Virginia)
  • Isaac Yilma (Georgia)

Real Estate

  • Mark B. Arnold (Texas)
  • Daniel M. Campbell (Southern Virginia)
  • J.C. Chenault, V (Southern Virginia)
  • Jane Hinton (Southern California)
  • Howard E. Schreiber (Texas)
  • Mark R. Vowell (Texas)

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

  • Laurie A. Grasso (New York)
  • Matthew A. Scoville (New York)

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

  • John C. McGranahan, Jr. (Northern Virginia)

REITs

  • Kate Saltz (USA-Nationwide)
  • Robert K. Smith (USA-Nationwide)

REITs: Tax

  • George C. Howell, III (USA-Nationwide)
  • Kendal A. Sibley (USA-Nationwide)

State Attorneys General

  • Roger C. Gibboni (USA-Nationwide)

Tax

  • Thomas W. Ford, Jr. (Texas)
  • Robert J. McNamara (Texas)

Technology & Outsourcing

  • Cecilia Y. Oh (District of Columbia)

 
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