Hunton & Williams LLP Top Rated in Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

New York — September 18, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce the firm received a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual "Corporate Equality Index." The civil rights organization, which advocates equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, based this year’s report on a survey of 580 private employers. Factors contributing to Hunton & Williams' top rating in the 2010 Index are its inclusive nondiscrimination policies, firmwide diversity training, domestic partner benefits, LGBT affinity group, and contributions to related community organizations.

"Hunton & Williams values diversity and is committed to an inclusive workplace," said Wally Martinez, managing partner of the firm. "We see diversity as complementing our existing core values, and we are proud to have earned a perfect score in HRC's equality index."

Hunton & Williams believes a diverse group of lawyers and staff allows the firm to better serve its clients, and maintains a vigorous Diversity Program to help attract a workforce representative of the firm’s global practice. It was one of only 88 law firms to receive perfect scores in the Corporate Equality Index. "The legal industry recognizes that their business is built by attracting and retaining the best people," says Samir Luther, an associate director at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation who helped conduct the survey. "Law firms have learned that diversity and equality in the office are essential to getting, and keeping, top talent."

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 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 19 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.