Hunton Andrews Kurth Recognized Among Top US Law Firms in Legal 500 USA 2018 Guide
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP earned top rankings in the 2018 Legal 500 USA Guide. The guide recommended 32 practices and 93 attorneys. Eight Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys were listed as Leading Lawyers.
The following practices received Tier 1 recommendations:
Cyber Law
Data Privacy and Data Protection
The firm was recognized as a leading practice in the areas of:
- Structured Finance: Securitization
- Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Energy: Renewable/Alternative
- Environment: Litigation
- Environment Regulatory
- Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
- M&A: Middle Market (sub-$500m)
- Outsourcing
- Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Toxic Tort – Defense
- Project Finance – Advice to Lender
- Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power
- Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
- Patents: Licensing
- Trademarks: Litigation
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- 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
- Project Finance – Advice to Sponsor
- Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Environmental Transactional
- Patents: Prosecution (including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Employment Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- US Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Securities Litigation: Defense
- Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
The following attorneys were listed as Leading Lawyers in their respective practices:
- William Brownell - Environment: Litigation
- George Howell - REITs
- Michael Lennon - Patents: Licensing
- Lorelie Masters - Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
- Michael O’Leary - Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Michael O’Leary - M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
- Randall Parks - Outsourcing
- James Rosini - Trademarks: Litigation
- James Rosini - Trademarks: Non-Contentious
- Lisa Soto - Cyber Law
Ninety-three attorneys were recommended in the Legal 500 USA 2018 Guide (* denotes Leading Lawyer, ** denotes Next Generation Lawyer):
Product Liability, mass Tort and Class Action: Toxic Tort - Defense
- Joseph Blizzard
- Alexis Gomez
- Tom Taylor
Securities Litigation: Defense
- Bradley Foster
- Mark Mandel
Capital Markets - Debt Offerings
- Bud Ellis
- Susan Failla
- Lindsay Ferguson
- Steven Friend
- Henry Havre
- Jordan Hirsch
- Steven Leshin
- Peter O’Brien
- Michael O’Leary
- Lake Taylor
- David Wright
Capital Market – Equity Offerings
- Melinda Brunger
- Courtney Cochran Butler
- James Davidson
- Susan Failla
- Jordan Hirsch
- George Howell
- Christina Kwon
- Peter O’Brien
- Michael O’Leary
- Robert Smith
- David Wright
Project Finance
- David Lowman
- Douglas Murphy
- John O’Neill
- Eric Pogue
- Vera Rechsteiner
- Jeffrey Schroeder
- Lisa Montgomery Shelton
- Jo Anne Sirgado
- John Tormey
- Timothy Unger
Structured Finance: Securitization
- John Dedyo
- Rudene Mercer Haynes
- Tom Hiner
- Brent Lewis
- Mike Nedzbala
- Amy Williams
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Stuart Hollimon
Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
- Shemin Proctor
Energy: Transactions: Conventional Power
- Vera Rechsteiner
- Mark Thurber
- Timothy Unger
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
- Hal Haltom
- Michael O’Leary*
Energy: Renewable/Alternative
- David Lowman
- Eric Pogue
- Jeffrey Schroeder
- Lisa Montgomery Shelton
- Timothy Unger
Environment: Litigation
- Tom Boer
- Shannon Broome
- William Brownell*
- Timothy Carlstedt
- Deidre Duncan
- Makram Jaber
- Charles Knauss
- Eric Murdock
Environment: Regulatory
- Tom Boer **
- Timothy Carlstedt
- Eric Murdock
Environment: Transactional
- Lisa Montgomery Shelton
Insurance - Advice to Policyholders
- Lorie Masters*
Copyrights
- Edward Colbert
- Jeff Dodd
- Jonathan Reichman
- James Rosini
Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
- John Flock
- Michael Lennon
- Susan Smith
Patents: Prosecution (including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Gregory Porter
- Daniel Shanley
Patents: Licensing
- Gary Abelev
- Edward Colbert
- Jeff Dodd
- Michael Lennon*
- Gregory Porter
- Shawn O’Dowd
Trademarks: Litigation
- Edward Colbert
- Jeff Dodd
- James Rosini*
- Susan Smith
Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
- Edward Colbert
- Jeff Dodd
- James Rosini*
- Susan Smith
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
- Emily Cabrera
- Anthony Eppert
- Matthew Grunert
M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
- Fernando Alonso
- Melinda Brunger
- John Clutterbuck
- Hal Haltom Jr
- Steven Haas
- Henry Havre
- Jordan Hirsch
- Robert Jewell
- Ashley Burns Muehlberger**
- Michael O’Leary*
- Steven Patterson
- Mark Young
Cyber Law
- Brittany Bacon**
- Phyllis Marcus
- Aaron Simpson
- Lisa Sotto*
- Paul Tiao
Outsourcing
- Andrew Geyer
- Jeffrey Harvey
- Cecilia Oh
- Randall Parks*
Real Estate
- Mark Arnold
- Michael Boyd
- Robert Collins
- Marvin Ehrlich
- Howard Schreiber
- Carl Schwartz
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- James Davidson
- George Howell*
- Robert Smith
- Mark Wickersham
- David Wright
US Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Anthony Eppert
- Andrew Feiner
- Thomas Ford
- Terri Lacy
- Allison Mantor
- Robert McNamara
- Thomas Popplewell
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Related People
- F. William Brownell
- George C. Howell, III
- Lorelie S. Masters
- Randall S. Parks
- Lisa J. Sotto
- Bud Ellis
- Susan S. Failla
- Steven C. Friend
- Peter K. O’Brien
- James V. Davidson
- Robert K. Smith
- David S. Lowman, Jr.
- Douglas J. Murphy
- John D. O’Neill, Jr.
- Jeffrey P. Schroeder
- John J. Dedyo
- Rudene Mercer Haynes
- Thomas Y. Hiner
- Brent A. Lewis
- Mike Nedzbala
- Amy McDaniel Williams
- Shannon S. Broome
- Deidre G. Duncan
- Charles H. Knauss
- Eric J. Murdock
- Fernando C. Alonso
- Steven M. Haas
- J. Steven Patterson
- Brittany M. Bacon
- Phyllis H. Marcus
- Aaron P. Simpson
- Andrew G. Geyer
- Jeffrey L. Harvey
- Cecilia Y. Oh
- Howard E. Schreiber
- Mark W. Wickersham
- Gary A. Abelev
- Mark B. Arnold
- Joseph Blizzard
- Melinda Brunger
- Courtney Cochran Butler
- Edward T. Colbert
- Robert J. Collins
- Jeff C. Dodd
- Anthony J. Eppert
- Andrew Feiner
- Thomas W. Ford, Jr.
- Alexis J. Gomez
- Hal V. Haltom, Jr.
- Henry Havre
- Jordan Hirsch
- Robert V. Jewell
- Terri Lacy
- Allison D. Mantor
- Robert J. McNamara
- Gregory L. Porter
- Shemin V. Proctor
- Vera A. Rechsteiner
- Daniel G. Shanley
- Thomas W. Taylor
- Timothy J. Unger
- W. Mark Young
Related Services
- Privacy and Cybersecurity
- Structured Finance and Securitization
- Oil, Gas and LNG
- Energy
- Renewable Energy and Clean Power
- Environmental
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade Commission Section 337 Litigation
- Trademark – Non-Contentious
- Trademark Proceedings
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Outsourcing
- Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation
- Project Finance and Development
- Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions
- Real Estate, Development and Finance
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Patent Procurement and Management
- Executive Compensation / Employee Benefits
- Tax
- Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation
- Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement
- Patent Litigation
- Post-Grant Proceedings Practice
- Advertising Compliance and Counseling
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