Hunton Andrews Kurth Recognized Among Top US Law Firms in 2019 Legal 500 USA Guide

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP earned top rankings in the 2019 Legal 500 USA Guide. The guide recommended 37 practices and 107 attorneys. Two Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys were listed in the Hall of Fame and seven attorneys were listed as Leading Lawyers.

The following practices received Tier 1 recommendations:

• Cyber Law
• Data Privacy and Data Protection
• Environment: Regulatory
• M&A Middle Market (sub-$500)
• Structured Finance: Securitization

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

Dispute Resolution

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

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
• Project Finance – Advice to Lender
• Project Finance – Advice to Sponsor

Industry Focus

• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power
• Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas
• Energy Renewable/Alternative
• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Environment: Litigation
• Environment: Transactional
• Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

Intellectual Property

• Copyright
• Patents: Licensing
• Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• Patents: Prosecution (including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)
• Trademarks: Litigation
• Trademarks: Non-Contentious (including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)

Labor and Employment

• Employment Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
• Immigration

Media, Technology and Telecoms

• Fintech
• Outsourcing
• Technology Transactions

Real Estate

• Real Estate
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Tax

• US Taxes: Non-Contentious

The following attorneys were listed in the Hall of Fame:

• Michael J. Lennon – Patents: Licensing
• James E. Rosini – Copyright, Trademarks: Litigation and Trademarks: Non-Contentious

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

• F. William Brownell – Environment: Litigation
• George C. Howell, III – REITs
• Lorelie S. Masters – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders
• G. Michael O’Leary – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• Randall S. Parks – Outsourcing
• Aaron P. Simpson – Cyber Law
• Lisa J. Sotto – Cyber Law

Ninety-eight attorneys were recommended in the 2019 Legal 500 USA Guide (*denotes Next Generation Lawyer):
Dispute Resolutions – Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Toxic Tort – Defense

• Joseph Blizzard
• Alexandra B. Cunningham
• Georgia L. Lucier
• Thomas W. Taylor

Finance – Securities Litigation: Defense

• Bradley W. Foster
• Edward J. Fuhr

Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Susan S. Failla
• S. Christina Kwon
• Peter K. O’Brien
• G. Michael O’Leary
• David C. Wright

Finance – Capital Market: Equity Offerings

• Courtney Cochran Butler
• Susan S. Failla
• S. Christina Kwon
• Peter K. O’Brien
• David C. Wright

Finance – Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings

• Jordan Hirsch
• L. Steven Leshin
• G. Michael O’Leary

Finance – Project Finance

• Laura Ellen Jones
• Michael D. Klaus
• Gregory F. Lang
• David S. Lowman, Jr.
• Michael J. Madden
• Douglas J. Murphy
• Eric J. Nedell
• John D. O’Neill, Jr.
• Eric R. Pogue
• Vera A. Rechsteiner
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder
• Jo Anne E. Sirgado
• Laurence E. Skinner
• John R. R. Tormey
• Timothy J. Unger

Finance – Structured Finance: Securitization

• David Barbour
• Steven H. Becker
• Eric Burner
• Rudene Mercer Haynes
• Thomas Y. Hiner
• Brent A. Lewis
• Janet Sadler McCrae
• Mike Nedzbala

Industry Focus – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas

• Deidre G. Duncan
• Stuart C. Hollimon
• Charles H. Knauss
• Myles F. Reynolds
• Tab Urbantke

Industry Focus – Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power

• Kevin W. Jones
• Ted J. Murphy
• Myles F. Reynolds
• Tab Urbantke

Industry Focus – Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas

• Deidre G. Duncan
• Stuart C. Hollimon
• Charles H. Knauss
• Shemin V. Proctor
• Myles F. Reynolds

Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power

• Eric R. Pogue
• Myles F. Reynolds
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder
• Laurence E. Skinner
• Mark J. Thurber
• John R. R. Tormey
• Tab Urbantke

Industry Focus – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

• Robert V. Jewell
• Hal V. Haltom, Jr.
• G. Michael O’Leary
• Harve Truskett

Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative

• David S. Lowman, Jr.
• Eric R. Pogue
• Myles F. Reynolds
• Tab Urbantke

Industry Focus – Environment: Litigation

• J. Tom Boer
• Shannon S. Broome
• Samuel L. Brown
• Deidre G. Duncan
• Makram B. Jaber
• Charles H. Knauss
• Eric J. Murdock
• Andrew J. Turner

Industry Focus – Environment: Regulatory

• J. Tom Boer*
• Shannon S. Broome
• Charles H. Knauss
• Eric J. Murdock

Industry Focus – Environment: Transactional

• Deidre G. Duncan
• Makram B. Jaber

Industry Focus – Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

• Walter J. Andrews

Intellectual Property – Copyright

• Edward T. Colbert
• Jeff C. Dodd
• Jonathan D. Reichman

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

• John Flock
• Tyler Maddry
• Michael A. Oakes

Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (including Reexamination and Post-Grant Proceedings)

• John Flock
• Tyler Maddry
• Michael A. Oakes

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

• Tyler Maddry

Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation

• Edward T. Colbert
• Jeff C. Dodd
• Susan A. Smith

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

• Edward T. Colbert
• Jeff C. Dodd
• Susan A. Smith

Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional

• L. Scott Austin
• Emily E. Cabrera
• Anthony J. Eppert
• J.G. Ritter, II

Labor and Employment – Immigration

• Ian P. Band
• Adam J. Rosser
• Natalie S. Tynan

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

• Fernando C. Alonso
• Allen C. Goolsby
• Steven M. Haas
• Robert V. Jewell
• Michael C. McCann
• Ashley Burns Muehlberger*
• J. Steven Patterson
• Gary E. Thompson

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)

• Brittany M. Bacon*
• Phyllis H. Marcus
• Paul M. Tiao

Media, Technology and Telecoms – FinTech

• Jarrett L. Hale
• Aaron P. Simpson
• Lisa J. Sotto
• Peter G. Weinstock

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Outsourcing

• Jeffrey L. Harvey
• Cecilia Y. Oh

Media, Technology and Telecoms – Technology Transactions

• Tyler Maddry
• Cecilia Y. Oh
• Randall S. Parks

Real Estate

• Mark B. Arnold
• Michael A. Boyd
• Jeffrey W. Giese
• Jane Hinton
• Peter J. Mignone
• Howard E. Schreiber
• Carl F. Schwartz
• Matthew A. Scoville
• Kathleen J. Wu

Real Estate – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

• James V. Davidson
• Robert K. Smith
• Kendal A. Sibley
• Mark W. Wickersham
• David C. Wright

Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious

• Jeffry M. Blair
• Andrew Feiner
• Thomas W. Ford, Jr.
• Allison D. Mantor
• Robert J. McNamara

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