Legal 500 US Ranks Hunton Among Top Law Firms in 2025 Guide

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP was recognized in the 2025 Legal 500 US Guide with 38 practice areas ranked nationally and 180 individual rankings for attorneys in their respective practice area. Four Hunton attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame, 12 attorneys are ranked as Leading Partners, four as Next Generation Partners, and six as Leading Associates.

The following practices received Tier 1 recommendations:

• Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Environment: Regulatory

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

Dispute Resolution

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

Energy

• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Regulation: Electric Power
• Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Transactions: Electric Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Renewable/Alternative Power 

Environment

• Environment: Litigation

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
• Fintech
• Project Finance: Energy and Power
• Project Finance: Infrastructure and PPP
• Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
• Structured Finance: Securitization 

Industry Focus 

• Education 

Insurance 

• Advice to Policyholders

Intellectual Property

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

Labor and Employment

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

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

• M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
• Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

Media, Technology and Telecoms 

• 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:

• Lorelie S. Masters – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Michael O’Leary – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Randall S. Parks – Outsourcing
• Lisa J. Sotto – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) 

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

• Syed S. Ahmad – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Deidre G. Duncan – Environment: Regulatory
• Andrew G. Geyer – Outsourcing
• Brett L. Gross – Real Estate Finance
• Jeffrey L. Harvey – Outsourcing
• David B. Horner – Project Finance
• Michael S. Levine – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Geoffrey Lorenz – Energy Transactions: Electric Power
• Kerry L. McGrath – Environment: Regulatory
• Cecilia Y. Oh – Outsourcing
• Michael O’Leary – M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
• Aaron P. Simpson – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) 

The following attorneys are listed as Next Generation Partners in their respective practices:

• Andrea DeField – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Brit Mohler Dufilho – Structured Finance: Securitization
• Christina C. Edwards – Outsourcing
• Kate Saltz – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

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

• Danielle Dobrusin – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Clare Ellis – Environment: Litigation and Environment: Regulatory
• Latosha M. Ellis – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Gerard T. “Gerry” Leone, Jr. – Education
• Ryan J. Pedraza – Project Finance

There are 129 attorneys recommended in the 2025 Legal 500 US Guide:

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

• Alexandra Cunningham
• Georgia L. Lucier
• Daniel Stefany
• Thomas R. Waskom 

Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

• Shannon S. Broome
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Michael D. Morfey
• Myles F. Reynolds 

Energy: Energy Regulation: Electric Power

• Kevin W. Jones
• Ted J. Murphy
• Myles F. Reynolds
• John Lee Shepherd, Jr.
• Tab Urbantke 

Energy: Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas

• Shemin V. Proctor
• Myles F. Reynolds
• John Lee Shepherd, Jr. 

Energy: Energy Transactions: Electric Power

• George Borovas
• Laura Ellen Jones
• David S. Lowman
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• Robert J. McNamara
• Eric J. Nedell
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder 

Energy: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Jordan Hirsch
• Michael O’Leary
• Cheryl Phillips
• Carl von Merz 

Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

• George Borovas
• Laura Ellen Jones
• Cheng Jean Liang
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• Robert J. McNamara
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder 

Environment: Environment: Litigation

• Samuel L. Brown
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Clare Ellis
• Eric J. Murdock 

Environment: Environment: Regulatory

• Shannon S. Broome
• Samuel L. Brown
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Clare Ellis
• Charles H. Knauss
• Matthew Leopold
• Kerry L. McGrath
• Eric J. Murdock
• Rachel Saltzman

Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Mayme Donohue
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven C. Friend
• Philip Haines
• Brendan P. Harney
• Patrick Jamieson
• Peter K. O'Brien
• Michael O’Leary
• Kate Saltz
• Robert K. Smith

Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Mayme Donohue
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven C. Friend
• Philip Haines
• Brendan P. Harney
• Patrick Jamieson
• Peter K. O'Brien
• Michael O’Leary
• Kate Saltz
• Robert K. Smith 

Finance: Fintech

• Brittany M. Bacon
• Erin F. Fonté
• Jarrett L. Hale
• Lisa J. Sotto
• Peter G. Weinstock

Finance: Project Finance

• Mark B. Arnold
• George Borovas
• Douglas L. Dua
• James W. Head
• David B. Horner
• Laura Ellen Jones
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• Robert J. McNamara
• Andrej Micovic
• Forrest S. Murphy
• John D. O’Neill, Jr.
• Ryan J. Pedraza
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

• Tyler P. Brown
• Timothy A. (Tad) Davidson
• Ashley L. Harper
• Robin Russell
• J.R. Smith

Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization

• Shannon E. Daily
• Brit Mohler Dufilho
• Thomas Y. Hiner
• Cecelia Philipps Horner
• Brent A. Lewis
• Janet Sadler McCrae
• Mike Nedzbala

Industry Focus: Education

• Amy Fabiano
• Brigid Harrington
• Gerard T. “Gerry” Leone, Jr. 

Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

• Syed S. Ahmad
• Walter J. Andrews
• Jorge R. Aviles
• Lawrence J. Bracken II
• Andrea DeField
• Latosha M. Ellis
• Geoffrey B. Fehling
• Rachel E. Hudgins
• Michael S. Levine
• Lorelie S. Masters
• Koorosh “KT” Talieh

Intellectual Property: Patents: Licensing

• Tyler Maddry
• John Gary Maynard 

Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation

• Jeremy S. Boczko
• Stephen P. Demm
• Armin Ghiam
• Tyler Maddry
• John Gary Maynard 

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

• Jeremy S. Boczko
• Stephen Demm
• Tyler Maddry
• John Gary Maynard
• Jonathan D. Reichman

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

• Jessica N. Agostinho
• Michelle S. Lewis
• Anthony J. Eppert

Labor and Employment: Immigration

• Ian P. Band
• Farah Egal
• Brooke Hollmann
• Suzan Kern
• Stephen R. Pattison
• Adam J. Rosser
• Shaena M. Rowland
• Lieselot K. Whitbeck

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

• Ryan Bates
• Emily Burkhardt Vicente
• Brett Burns
• Juan C. Enjamio
• Kevin J. White 

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

• Fernando C. Alonso
• Kevin M. Georgerian
• Steven M. Haas
• Austin P. Maloney
• Michael O’Leary
• Steven Patterson

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

• Brittany M. Bacon
• Danielle Dobrusin
• James Henderson
• Michael La Marca
• Jenna N. Rode
• Aaron P. Simpson
• Adam H. Solomon
• Lisa J. Sotto

Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing

• Christina C. Edwards
• Andrew G. Geyer
• Jeffrey L. Harvey
• Cecilia Y. Oh
• Randall S. Parks

Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions 

• Jeffrey L. Harvey 

Real Estate: Real Estate

• Laurie A. Grasso
• Brett L. Gross
• Howard E. Schreiber

Real Estate: Real Estate Finance

• Laurie Grasso
• Brett L. Gross
• Matthew R. Halal
• Peter J. Mignone
• Howard E. Schreiber 
• Kathleen J. Wu

Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

• George C. Howell, III
• Kate Saltz
• Kendal A. Sibley
• Robert K. Smith

Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

• William B. Freeman
• Cecelia Philipps Horner
• David S. Lowman
• Robert J. McNamara
• Leslie A. Okinaka

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