Hunton & Williams LLP Named to 'Best Companies to Work for in Texas'

DALLAS — January 31, 2011 — For the third year in a row, Hunton & Williams LLP was named among the "Best Companies to Work for in Texas" by Texas Monthly. The 2011 Texas Best Companies list is made up of 100 companies, and we are proud that the firm was ranked #22 among the winning companies.

Hunton & William was recognized at the Best Companies to Work for in Texas awards ceremony on Thursday, January 27, 2011, as part of the Texas Association of Business 2011 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. The rankings will also be released in a special advertising section of the February 2011 issue of Texas Monthly.

Best Companies is sponsored by Texas Monthly in partnership with Best Companies Group and its partners, the Texas Association of Business, and the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management. This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Texas, benefiting the state’s economy, its workforce and businesses.

For almost a decade, Hunton & Williams' Texas offices have been serving Fortune 500 companies and many others, including representation of one of the largest energy companies in the world, as well as companies involved in banking, telecommunications, transportation, information technology services, manufacturing and health care. Major practice areas of the Texas offices include energy-related matters, general corporate, securities and finance, banking, litigation, labor and employment, employee benefits, intellectual property and real estate.

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.