Hunton & Williams LLP Named Among 50 Best Law Firms for Women

NEW YORK — September 16, 2011 — Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce the firm has been selected a 2011 Best Law Firm for Women by the National Association for Female Executives (a division of Working Mother Media) and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC. The 50 winning firms were chosen for their commitment to creating programs and policies that support women in the legal profession. Hunton & Williams has been included on this important list three of the four times it has been published since 2007.

"We are honored to be recognized as one of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women," said Wally Martinez, managing partner of Hunton & Williams. "Our objective is to ensure that Hunton & Williams remains a great place to work—a place where exceptional client service is the norm, service to our communities is expected, and where all of our people are provided real opportunity to succeed."

Hunton & Williams has developed and implemented a number of programs that benefit women, including flexible and reduced-hours works arrangements, emergency back-up child and adult care, child care leave, accommodations for new mothers transitioning back to full-time employment, a concierge program, senior associate mentors for all first- and second-year associates, informal mentoring groups within offices and a firm-sponsored Women's Networking Forum. Hunton & Williams is profiled in the fall 2011 issue of NAFE magazine, workingmother.com and flextimelawyers.com.

Deborah Epstein Henry, founder and president of Flex-Time Lawyers, adds the following about this year's 50 Best Law Firms for Women: "By offering leadership and business development opportunities for women, along with generous flexibility, parental leave and childcare programs, these firms are better poised to retain and promote the brightest legal minds, with the goal of reaching parity for women in the profession."