Daily Journal Names Two Hunton Andrews Kurth Attorneys Among Top 100 Lawyers for 2019

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partners Shannon S. Broome and Ann Marie Mortimer were named to the Los Angeles | San Francisco Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers for 2019. The award recognizes the top 100 lawyers in California doing cutting-edge legal work.

Broome is Hunton Andrews Kurth’s San Francisco office managing partner and leads the California environmental practice. She is often sought by Fortune 50 oil, gas and manufacturing companies for her litigation and negotiation skills and has nearly 30 years of experience challenging and defending EPA and California regulations, defending enforcement and obtaining permits before federal state appellate courts and agencies. Her work on the high profile climate change nuisance cases brought by cities and counties against oil and gas companies as well as her appellate advocacy in federal courts defending permits and EPA regulatory reform efforts were among the matters that earned her distinction. Broome’s profile in the Daily Journal can be viewed here (subscription only).

Mortimer is the founder and managing partner of the Los Angeles office at Hunton Andrews Kurth where she co-heads the firm’s commercial litigation practice and sits on the firm’s executive committee. She handles a considerable volume of complex, high-profile cases involving cutting-edge class actions and multi-district litigation and has an impressive track record for negotiating favorable settlements for clients. Some of the nation’s largest public and private companies turn to her to guide them through enterprise risk litigation, frequently raising novel issues originating in California and setting the stage for the rest of the country. Her profile in the Daily Journal can be viewed here (subscription only).