Hunton & Williams LLP Promotes Litigator Michael Oakes to Partner

Washington — November 3, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP announces the admission of Washington lawyer Michael A. Oakes to its partnership. Oakes, who joined Hunton & Williams in 2008, is a member of the firm’s global litigation group. He focuses his practice on patent and other IP-related litigation matters and advises clients on data security and privacy issues, including the legal response to network intrusions and data breaches.

With more than 300 lawyers, Hunton & Williams maintains one of the largest litigation teams among global firms, and our lawyers appear before many of the tribunals that matter most to our clients. For example, we have extensive experience litigating patent infringement cases in the Eastern District of Virginia and other courts where patent cases are common, including the District of Delaware, the Central District of California and the Eastern District of Texas.

Oakes received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree cum laude from Duke University.

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 nearly 1,000 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.