Legal 500 US Ranks Hunton Andrews Kurth Among Top Law Firms in 2024 Guide

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP earned top rankings in the 2024 Legal 500 US Guide. The firm is recommended in 38 practice areas and 141 individual attorneys are recognized in the guide. Three Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys are listed in the Hall of Fame and 13 attorneys are listed as Leading Lawyers.

The following practices received Tier 1 recommendations:

• Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Environment: Litigation – Climate Change Litigation
• Environment: Regulatory
• Structured Finance – Securitization

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

Insurance

• Advice to Policyholders

Intellectual Property

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

Labor and Employment

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

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

• M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)

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
• Randall S. Parks – Outsourcing
• Lisa J. Sotto – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

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

• Syed S. Ahmad – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• Shannon S. Broome – Environment: Litigation
• 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
• Kerry L. McGrath – Environment: Regulatory
• Cecilia Y. Oh – Outsourcing
• Michael O’Leary – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas and M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
• Aaron P. Simpson – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

There are 141 attorneys recommended in the 2024 Legal 500 US Guide:

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

• Alexandra Cunningham
• Merideth Daly
• Georgia L. Lucier
• Thomas R. Waskom

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

• Douglas L. Dua
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven C. Friend
• Brendan P. Harney
• Patrick Jamieson
• Laura Ellen Jones
• Cheng Jean Liang
• Geoffrey Lorenz – Next Generation Partner
• Peter K. O’Brien
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Energy: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Philip Haines
• Hal V. Haltom, Jr.
• Michael O’Leary
• Cheryl Phillips

Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

• Douglas L. Dua
• Jason R. Eisenberg
• Alessandra L. Hylander
• Laura Ellen Jones
• Cheng Jean Liang
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• David S. Lowman, Jr.
• Robert J. McNamara
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Environment: Environment: Litigation

• Shannon S. Broome
• Samuel L. Brown
• William Brownell
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Clare Ellis
• Alexandra Hamilton
• Charles H. Knauss
• Matthew Leopold
• Kerry L. McGrath
• Eric J. Murdock
• Andrew J. Turner

Environment: Environment: Regulatory

• Shannon S. Broome
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Clare Ellis – Rising Star
• Charles H. Knauss
• Matthew Leopold
• Kerry L. McGrath
• Eric J. Murdock

Finance: Capital Markets - Debt Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• James V. Davidson
• Susan S. Failla
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven C. Friend
• Peter K. O'Brien
• Robert K. Smith

Finance: Capital Markets - Equity Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• James V. Davidson
• Susan S. Failla
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick
• Steven C. Friend
• Philip Haines
• Peter K. O'Brien
• Robert K. Smith

Finance: Capital Markets – High-Yield Debt Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Susan S. Failla
• Henry Havre
• Peter K. O'Brien
• Michael O’Leary
• Robert K. Smith

Finance: Fintech

• Brittany M. Bacon
• Rachael Craven
• Erin F. Fonté
• Carleton Goss
• Scott H. Kimpel
• Marysia Laskowski
• Abigail M. Lyle
• Cecilia Y. Oh
• Lisa J. Sotto
• Peter G. Weinstock

Finance: Project Finance

• George Borovas
• David B. Horner
• Laura Ellen Jones
• Cheng Jean Liang
• Geoffrey Lorenz
• Robert J. McNamara
• Andrej Micovic
• Forrest S. Murphy
• John D. O’Neill, Jr.
• Ryan J. Pedraza – Rising Star
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder

Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

• Tyler P. Brown
• Timothy A. (Tad) Davidson
• Robin Russell

Finance: Structured Finance – Securitization

• Brit Mohler Dufilho – Next Generation Partner
• Thomas Y. Hiner
• Cecelia Philipps Horner
• Brent A. Lewis
• Janet Sadler McCrae
• Mike Nedzbala

Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

• Syed S. Ahmad
• Walter J. Andrews
• Andrea DeField – Next Generation Partner
• Latosha M. Ellis – Rising Star
• Geoffrey B. Fehling
• Michael S. Levine
• Lorelie S. Masters

Intellectual Property: Trademarks: Litigation

• Jeremy S. Boczko
• Edward T. Colbert
• Stephen P. Demm
• Armin Ghiam
• Erik C. Kane
• Tyler Maddry
• John Gary Maynard
• Jonathan D. Reichman

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

• 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: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• Jessica N. Agostinho
• Anthony J. Eppert
• Jordan Latham
• Michelle S. Lewis
• Tyler Richardson

Labor and Employment: Immigration

• Ian P. Band
• Farah Egal
• Sara P. Harlow
• 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
• Kevin J. White

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

• Fernando C. Alonso
• Kevin M. Georgerian
• Steven M. Haas
• Philip Haines
• Austin P. Maloney
• Michael O’Leary
• Steven Patterson
• Gary E. Thompson
• Peter G. Weinstock

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

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

Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing

• Christina C. Edwards – Rising Star
• Andrew G. Geyer
• Sharon Palmer Harrington
• Jeffrey L. Harvey
• Cecilia Y. Oh
• Randall S. Parks
• Jessica G. Yeshman

Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions

• Andrew G. Geyer
• Jeffrey L. Harvey
• Tyler Maddry
• Cecilia Y. Oh
• Randall S. Parks

Real Estate: Real Estate

• Anthony Bonan
• Jeffrey W. Giese
• Laurie A. Grasso
• Paul J. Greco, Jr. – Rising Star
• Brett L. Gross
• Jane Hinton
• Howard E. Schreiber
• Matthew A. Scoville
• Conor Shary
• Mark R. Vowell

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)

• James V. Davidson – Next Generation Partner
• Kate Saltz
• Kendal A. Sibley
• Robert K. Smith

Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Thomas W. Ford, Jr.
• William B. Freeman
• Cecelia Philipps Horner
• George C. Howell, III
• Laura Ellen Jones
• David S. Lowman
• Allison D. Mantor
• Robert J. McNamara
• Leslie A. Okinaka
• Kendal A. Sibley

 
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