Hunton & Williams LLP Tops Chambers USA 2009 Rankings, Latin America Practice Receives USA Award of Excellence

New York — June 15, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP announces its 2009 rankings from Chambers and Partners, including 2 "Star" rankings for individuals, 20 #1 rankings for individuals, and 11 #1 rankings in 8 practices for national/regional practices. In addition, Hunton & Williams received the Chambers USA Award of Excellence: Latin American Investment at the Chambers and Partners June 11 award ceremony. The USA Award of Excellence reflects the significant achievements over the past 12 months of the firm’s Latin America practice, which is led by Fernando C. Alonso. The firm's Privacy & Data Security practice, led by Lisa J. Sotto, was also a finalist for the USA Award of Excellence.

Chambers is one of the leading legal directories and its ranking system is based on, and validated by, extensive third-party research with clients, peers, and industry leaders.

Hunton & Williams earned #1 rankings nationally in Climate Change, Environment, and Privacy & Data Security. The firm earned #1 rankings regionally in Corporate/M&A (Southern Virginia), Environment (District of Columbia, North Carolina and Virginia), Intellectual Property (Southern Virginia), Labor & Employment (Virginia), Litigation (Virginia), and Real Estate (Southern Virginia)

Partners James H. Wallenstein and William A. Walsh Jr. were Star-ranked (above #1). Partners F. William Brownell, C. Porter Vaughan III, Virginia S. Albrecht, Charles D. Case, Brooks M. Smith, Kevin J. Finto, Timothy G. Hayes, J. Michael Martinez de Andino, George C. Howell III, Terence G. Connor, Gregory B. Robertson, Thomas P. Murphy, Mark S. Dray, Fernando C. Alonso, Marty Steinberg, Gregory N. Stillman, Joseph C. Kearfott, Thomas G. Slater Jr., Lisa J. Sotto, and Andrew J. Tapscott all ranked #1 in their respective legal practices. In addition, the firm ranked in 16 other categories and had an additional 76 lawyers ranked in numerous practice areas, including "Senior Statesman" and "Up and Coming" lawyers.

Details on the survey's methodology and on Hunton & Williams' rankings are available on the Chambers web site.

About Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.