Two Hunton & Williams LLP Partners Named Lawyers of Color Power List Honorees

WASHINGTON — February 26, 2014 — Hunton & Williams LLP Partner Wally Martinez was recently named to the Lawyers of Color Power List 2014 by media company On Being A Black Lawyer for his work as the firm’s managing partner. In addition, Hunton & Williams Partner Robert Grey was also named to the list for his accomplishments as Executive Director of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. The annual list honors the most influential minority attorneys working in both the public and private sectors and includes general counsel, law school deans, justice foundation leaders, as well as law firm managing partners and practice group leaders. Honorees were profiled in the 2014 Lawyers of Color Power List Special Edition and will be honored tonight during a reception at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

Martinez, a founding member of Hunton & Williams’ Miami office, has served as managing partner of the firm since 2006. His practice focuses on complex business litigation and white collar criminal defense. In addition to his legal practice, Martinez has supported the work of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) since its inception. He served as chair of LCLD’s Board of Directors in 2012 and continues to serve on the board as a member and immediate past chair. Martinez also is a member of the NALP Foundation Board of Trustees and the University of Pennsylvania Law School Alumni Society Board of Managers.

Grey, whose practice focuses on regulatory, administrative and government-relations matters before state and local governments and their agencies, has served as executive director of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity for the past four years. In this role, he works with general counsel from major companies and managing partners from leading law firms to help advance the nonprofit organization’s mission of increasing diversity within the legal profession. Since 2010, Grey has been a board member of the Legal Services Corporation, the nation's largest provider of civil legal assistance to the poor. He also served as ABA President in 2004-2005.