Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP was recognized in the 2026 Legal 500 US Guide with 40 practice areas ranked nationally and 217 individual rankings for attorneys in their respective practice area. Four Hunton attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame, 19 attorneys are ranked as Leading Partners, five as Next Generation Partners, and three 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
- General Commercial Disputes: Mid-market ($250m-500m)
- Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Defense – Toxic Tort
Energy
- Energy Litigation: Electric Power
- Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Energy Regulation: Electric Power
- Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
- Energy Transactions: Electric Power
- Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas – Large-cap ($500m+)
- Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas – Mid-market ($0-500m)
- 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: Prosecution (Including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- 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)
Media, Technology and Telecoms
- Outsourcing
- Technology Transactions
Real Estate
- Real Estate – Large-cap ($500m+)
- 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 – Large-cap ($500m+) and Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas – Mid-market ($0-500m)
- 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
- Shannon S. Broome – Environment: Litigation
- Brit Mohler Dufilho – Structured Finance: Securitization
- Deidre G. Duncan – Environment: Regulatory
- Andrew G. Geyer – Outsourcing
- Brett L. Gross – Real Estate Finance
- Jeffrey L. Harvey – Outsourcing
- David B. Horner – Project Finance
- Charles H. Knauss – Environment: Litigation
- Gerry Leone – Education
- Michael S. Levine – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
- Geoffrey Lorenz – Energy Transactions: Electric Power
- John Gary Maynard – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management, and Licensing)
- Kerry L. McGrath – Environment: Regulatory
- Peter K. O'Brien – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
- Cecilia Y. Oh – Outsourcing
- Michael O’Leary – M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
- John Lee Shepherd, Jr. – Energy Litigation: Electric Power
- 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
- Christina C. Edwards – Outsourcing
- Latosha M. Ellis – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
- Andrej Micovic – Project Finance
- 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
- Ryan J. Pedraza – Project Finance
The following attorneys are recommended in the 2026 Legal 500 US Guide:
Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Mid-market ($250m-500m)
- Ryan Clinton
- Cassandra "Sandy" C. Collins
- Eric S. Crusius
- Christopher J. Cunio
- Alexandra B. Cunningham
- Samuel A. Danon
- John J. Delionado
- Neil K. Gilman
- Shawn Hogue
- Jason J. Kim
- Elbert Lin
- Erika Maley
- Wendy C. McGraw
- Michael D. Morfey
- Ann Marie Mortimer
- Kelly Sandill
- Thomas R. Waskom
Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Defense – Toxic Tort
- Joseph Blizzard
- Alexandra B. Cunningham
- Georgia L. Lucier
- Thomas W. Taylor
- Thomas R. Waskom
Energy: Energy Litigation: Electric Power
- Kevin W. Jones
- Ted J. Murphy
- Myles F. Reynolds
- John Lee Shepherd, Jr.
Energy: Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Shannon S. Broome
- Ryan Clinton
- Cassandra "Sandy" C. Collins
- Deidre G. Duncan
- Georgia L. Lucier
- Kerry L. McGrath
- Michael D. Morfey
- Myles F. Reynolds
Energy: Energy Regulation: Electric Power
- Lauren Freeland
- Kevin W. Jones
- Michael J. Messonnier, Jr.
- Ted J. Murphy
- Myles F. Reynolds
- John Lee Shepherd, Jr.
- Tab R. Urbantke
Energy: Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
- Gia V. Cribbs
- Shemin V. Proctor
- Myles F. Reynolds
- John Lee Shepherd, Jr.
Energy: Energy Transactions: Electric Power
- Douglas L. Dua
- Alexandra Hamilton
- Geoffrey Lorenz
- Jeffrey P. Schroeder
- Carl von Merz
Energy: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas – Large-cap ($500m+)
- Michael O’Leary
- Carl von Merz
Energy: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas – Mid-market ($0-500m)
- Philip Haines
- Jordan Hirsch
- Michael O’Leary
- Carl von Merz
Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
- Ryan T. Ketchum
- Eric J. Nedell
- Jeffrey P. Schroeder
Environment: Environment: Litigation
- Shannon S. Broome
- Deidre G. Duncan
- Clare Ellis
- Charles H. Knauss
- Brian R. Levey
- Kerry L. McGrath
- Todd S. Mikolop
- Andrew J. Turner
- Gregory R. Wall
Environment: Environment: Regulatory
- Shannon S. Broome
- Samuel L. Brown
- E. Carter Clements
- Deidre G. Duncan
- Clare Ellis
- Alexandra Hamilton
- Charles H. Knauss
- Brian R. Levey
- Kerry L. McGrath
- Nathan R. Menard
- Andrew J. Turner
Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
- Michael F. Fitzpatrick
- Steven C. Friend
- Philip Haines
- Brendan P. Harney
- Jordan Hirsch
- Patrick Jamieson
- Adam O'Brian
- Peter K. O'Brien
- Reuben H. Pearlman
- Casey Shaw
- Robert K. Smith
- Jingyi "Alice" Yao
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
- Michael F. Fitzpatrick
- Philip Haines
- Peter K. O'Brien
- Robert K. Smith
Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings
- Philip Haines
- Henry Havre
- Peter K. O'Brien
- Robert K. Smith
Finance: Fintech
- Erin F. Fonté
- Jarrett L. Hale
- Scott H. Kimpel
- Cecilia Y. Oh
- Lisa J. Sotto
- Peter G. Weinstock
Finance: Project Finance
- James W. Head
- David B. Horner
- Megan McLoughlin
- Andrej Micovic
- Ryan J. Pedraza
- Jeffrey P. Schroeder
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
- Brandon Bell
- Tyler P. Brown
- Timothy A. (Tad) Davidson
- Philip M. Guffy
- Jason W. Harbour
- Ashley L. Harper
- Gregory Hesse
- Joseph Rovira
- Robin Russell
- J.R. Smith
Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
- Andrew J. Blanchard
- Shannon E. Daily
- John J. Dedyo
- Brit Mohler Dufilho
- Rudene Mercer Haynes
- Thomas Y. Hiner
- Cecelia Philipps Horner
- Brent A. Lewis
- Janet Sadler McCrae
- Serena M. Mentor
- Mike Nedzbala
Industry Focus: Education
- Ryan M. Bates
- Amy Fabiano
- Brigid Harrington
- Gerry Leone
- Michael S. Levine
Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
- Syed S. Ahmad
- Walter J. Andrews
- Lawrence J. Bracken II
- Andrea DeField
- Latosha M. Ellis
- Michael S. Levine
- Lorelie S. Masters
- Koorosh “KT” Talieh
Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
- Gary A. Abelev
- Armin Ghiam
- Tyler Maddry
- John Gary Maynard
- Gregory L. Porter
- Daniel G. Shanley
- Yisun Song
Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation
- Jeremy S. Boczko
- Armin Ghiam
- Tyler Maddry
- John Gary Maynard
Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management, and Licensing)
- Jeremy S. Boczko
- Stephen P. Demm
- Tyler Maddry
- John Gary Maynard
- Jonathan D. Reichman
Labor and Employment: Immigration
- Ian P. Band
- Farah Egal
- Brooke Hollmann
- Suzan Kern
- Adam J. Rosser
- Shaena M. Rowland
Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense
- Emily Burkhardt Vicente
- Brett Burns
- Roland M. Juarez
- Kevin J. White
Labor and Employment: Labor-Management Relations
- Robert T. Dumbacher
- Ryan A. Glasgow
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
- Fernando C. Alonso
- Tammy W. Brennig
- Kevin M. Georgerian
- Michael P. Goldman
- Philip Haines
- Michael O’Leary
- Steven Patterson
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Brittany M. Bacon
- Holly A. Brady
- Danielle Dobrusin
- Michael La Marca
- Maeve Malik
- 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
- Brittany M. Bacon
- Mayme Donohue
- Jeffrey L. Harvey
- Michael La Marca
Real Estate: Real Estate – Large-cap ($500m+)
- Katy D. Carmical
- Laurie A. Grasso
- Douglas H. Hoffman
- Howard E. Schreiber
Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
- Laurie Grasso
- Brett L. Gross
- Matthew R. Halal
- Peter J. Mignone
- Douglas J. Murphy
- Howard E. Schreiber
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
- Kendal A. Sibley
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