Hunton & Williams LLP Forms Strategic Alliance with Consultant Oscar Marquis

NEW YORK — January 12, 2011 — Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce the firm has entered into an arrangement with Oscar Marquis as an Independent Legal Consultant to the firm. Marquis previously served for over 20 years as an attorney for Trans Union LLC, one of the three national consumer reporting agencies, with over 15 years as General Counsel.

As a consultant to the firm, Marquis brings more than 30 years of experience in privacy, consumer reporting and information management law, focusing primarily on credit reporting and compliance issues involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), other laws that are a part of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, and privacy policy development.

"Oscar's deep industry experience in the consumer data and financial privacy arena fits strategically with the expanding needs of our clients worldwide," said Lisa Sotto, head of the firm’s Global Privacy and Information Management practice. "As global privacy requirements continue to evolve, Oscar's institutional knowledge of complex credit laws will complement our firm's privacy practice, ensuring that we stay at the forefront."

As General Counsel at Trans Union, Marquis oversaw all legal, government and public affairs matters during his 15-year tenure. Highly regarded for his work throughout the industry, Marquis has traveled to numerous countries to provide counsel to international organizations and credit bureaus, and was also appointed to a term on the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council. He is a frequent speaker and presenter at credit industry and trade association events and has testified before Congress and numerous state legislatures on privacy and credit reporting issues.

Marquis was formerly counsel at Hunton & Williams from October 2000 to November 2003.

Named the top firm for privacy by Computerworld in its four most recent surveys, Hunton & Williams' Global Privacy and Information Management practice group assists organizations in managing privacy and data security risks associated with the collection, use and disclosure of consumer and employee personal information. The privacy practice also was ranked in the top tier of Chambers Global, Chambers UK and Chambers USA. Attorneys in the firm’s privacy practice counsel clients on new and evolving global legal requirements that affect the use of information and work closely with clients to conduct full-scale privacy assessments. The firm's lawyers understand the public policy issues and business processes that inform the current privacy debate in the United States, Europe and elsewhere around the globe, and apply that knowledge in providing legal advice.

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 900 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 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.