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Hunton Andrews Kurth

With 1,000 lawyers in the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. We are known for our strength in the energy, financial services, real estate, and retail and consumer products industries, as well as our considerable experience in more than 100 distinct areas of practice, including privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, environment, and mergers and acquisitions. Our full-service litigation practice is one of the largest in the country, with particular depth in key litigation markets such as Texas, California, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic.

Since 1901 and our early history in Texas and Virginia, we have worked to uphold the standards set by our founding partners. These individuals built the firm on the principles of unsurpassed client service, adherence to the highest ethical standards, and sustained investments in our local communities and the legal profession. Their core values remain the hallmark of our firm, where we honor and learn from the lessons of the past while keeping our eyes firmly positioned on the future. Today, we serve as trusted advisors to some of the world’s most respected companies—a number of whom we have represented for more than a century—and are vigorous advocates for those who need legal aid but cannot afford it.

Our clients include companies, individuals, governments and institutions from across the spectrum of industries that make up today’s global economy. We represent nine of the Fortune 10 and more than one third of the current Fortune 100. To assist with their myriad legal and business needs, we work seamlessly across jurisdictions, bringing together cross-disciplinary teams with extensive industry, legal and strategic planning experience to devise tailored solutions that can overcome current challenges and mitigate future risks.

Hunton Andrews Kurth lawyers and practices are frequently recognized in Chambers USAChambers Global and Legal 500, as well as Bloomberg Capital Markets RankingsBenchmark: Litigation and other legal guides.

We have a substantial presence in centers of commerce and government across the United States, with more than 150 lawyers in each of our Houston, New York, Richmond and Washington, DC, locations. We also have offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Norfolk, San Francisco and The Woodlands. Internationally, we serve clients all over the world from offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels, Dubai and London.

 

Associate
Helena has over ten years of experience in immigration and nationality law, focusing on employment based matters for companies in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, technology,…
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Gary represents a large number of domestic and foreign clients in a variety of areas, including patent litigation, contentious and non-contentious proceedings before the governmental…
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Counsel
Liz’s practice focuses on environmental and administrative law.
Liz’s practice focuses on a broad range of environmental issues arising under federal, state and international laws, with…
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Senior Attorney
Michael’s decades of government experience provide clients a valuable resource for permitting, compliance and enforcement issues relating to air, water and waste.
Prior to joining private…
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Partner
Walter’s practice focuses on complex insurance litigation, counseling and reinsurance arbitrations and expert witness testimony.
As the head of the firm’s insurance coverage practice,…
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Now more than ever, businesses are subject to an increased focus on antitrust enforcement around the globe. Our experience working both inside and outside of the agencies uniquely situates…
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Associate
Andrew is an Associate in the Public Law section of the Austin office. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. While in law school, Andrew was a Judicial Intern for The Honorable Marvin P…
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Associate
Theanna advises employers on a wide range of employment matters and aggressively represents clients in litigation surrounding federal and state employment discrimination claims and wage and…
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Partner

Fawaz’s practice focuses on the acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of real estate nationwide, financing of projects secured by real estate, originating commercial mortgage-…
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Partner
Alan Bickerstaff is a Corporate and Securities partner who focuses on representing entrepreneurs and public and private emerging growth companies on formation, operations and corporate…
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Associate
Zaed has a decade of experience with patent litigation in U.S. District Courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He also has substantial experience with inter partes review…
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Counsel
Tim’s practice focuses on administrative law and the regulation of energy and telecommunications companies.
Tim’s practice focuses on federal and state regulation in the energy and…
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Associate
Navy’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation for leading technology, social media, and telecommunications companies.
Navy has experience in all aspects of litigation, including…
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Associate
Jack focuses his practice on complex commercial, product liability and mass tort litigation.
Jack has experience representing clients in the energy, aviation, automobile, telecommunications…
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Associate
Jessica focuses her practice on intellectual property matters in the fashion, fitness and entertainment industries.
Jessica advises major retail and footwear clients, including the largest…
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Associate
Grant’s practice focuses on products liability, mass tort and toxic tort litigation.
As an associate on the product liability and mass tort litigation team, Grant defends the interests of…
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Partner
Edward is co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology practice. He has over 30 years of experience handling litigation, licensing and other adversarial proceedings…
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Of Counsel
Bob practices in the areas of real estate, public law and litigation. His clients include landowners, raw land developers, major multifamily and retail developers. Bob’s practice centers…
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Partner
James' practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and minority investments. Formerly based in Abu Dhabi, he has extensive experience in advising government-…
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Associate
Abigail counsels clients on environmental, energy, natural resources, and sustainability-related matters across industries. She represents clients in matters arising under federal and state…
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Leading businesses set a “tone at the top” that reflects sound governance. At the same time, government regulators and law enforcement officials are raising the bar for corporate compliance…
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For more than a century, Andrews Kurth lawyers have advised the companies, investors and business leaders who define global commerce and capital markets.
Andrews Kurth’s Corporate practice…
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Associate
Mayme counsels clients on securities law matters, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance issues.  She is also a member of the firm’s blockchain…
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Associate
Meredith assists her clients in navigating and solving complex energy and environmental issues.
Meredith draws on her analytical skills, leadership capabilities, and environmentally-focused…
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Associate
Maddie represents employers in all phases of the employment relationship, advising clients on compliance with federal and state laws and representing them in labor and employment disputes.…
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Partner
Colleen is an experienced environmental litigator who has handled complex cases across a wide range of local, state and federal laws. Her clients include petroleum, gas and chemical, cement…
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Associate
Nicholas Drews is an Associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth's D.C. office. He focuses his practice on class action and complex litigation and antitrust issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Nick…
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Associate
Chris’ practice focuses on class action and complex commercial litigation.
Chris is an associate in the firm’s business litigation practice in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on…
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Partner
Bob’s practice focuses on representing and advising employers in complex labor relations and employment planning and disputes, including trade secrets/non-compete disputes and wage and hour…
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Partner
David assists large, multinational clients with various aspects of EU privacy and data protection law. As a result of his extensive experience in this area, he has developed a strong…
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Partner
Tom's practice includes experience in the federal income taxation of business transactions and business entities, including formations, mergers and securities offerings of partnerships (…
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Partner
Brad Foster represents clients in securities litigation and other complex business disputes. His experience includes securities class actions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) litigation…
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Partner
Steven’s practice focuses on issuers and underwriters in a range of equity and debt offerings.
Steven represents issuers and underwriters in a range of equity and debt offerings, with a…
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Associate
Sherli handles a broad range of intellectual property matters in the fashion and entertainment industries.
Sherli’s practice focuses on complex intellectual property disputes such as…
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Partner
Tonya's practice encompasses complex civil and commercial litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels and in both federal and state court. She has significant experience in…
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Associate
Liya’s practice focuses on immigration and nationality law.
Liya represents clients in the technology, health, energy and academics sectors before the US Citizenship and Immigration…
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Senior Attorney
Meredith provides advice and counseling on day-to-day employee-related and compliance matters, ranging from Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
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Associate
Christopher focuses his practice on patent litigation and prosecution, primarily in the electrical and mechanical arts. Christopher has experience in various phases of post-grant review…
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Associate
Erin draws on her experience with the US government to assist clients with energy and environmental regulatory and compliance matters.
As part of the firm’s environmental practice group,…
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Of Counsel
Lydia has a broad-based regulatory, transactional and litigation practice involving domestic and Latin American environmental law. She has extensive experience advising clients on…
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Associate
Aidan focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters.
He has experience with issues including breach of contract, alleged violations of various federal and state statutes,…
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Counsel
Dan’s clients turn to him for advice on matters related to process safety management (PSM), occupational safety, environmental and transportation issues in petroleum, chemical and…
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Partner
With European and global banking roots, Jane possesses keen insight into the complexities of real estate deals and the critical issues for their stakeholders. Bringing a broad range of…
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Associate
Ignacio is an Associate in the Corporate/Securities section of the Dallas Office representing domestic and international clients. His practice focuses on a variety of general corporate and…
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Partner
Matt has broad experience in employment, personal injury, commercial and fiduciary litigation. He practices in both state and federal courts, and he handles litigation at both the trial and…
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Associate
Rebecca focuses her practice on representing buyers, sellers and developers of commercial real estate, as well as lenders and borrowers in commercial financing transactions.
Rebecca is a…
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Associate
Clay is an associate in the Public Law section of the Houston office. He has experience serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and bank counsel in tax-exempt financings for cities,…
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Associate
Evan focuses his practice on first- and third-party insurance coverage and coverage investigations.Evan has represented clients in all stages of litigation, including matters relating to…
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Counsel
Kirk’s practice focuses on class action defense and complex employment litigation.
Kirk has defended clients in dozens of class actions involving consumer and employee claims as well as…
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Associate
Michael’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, consumer finance litigation and regulatory compliance matters.
Michael represents a wide variety of businesses, financial…
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Associate
A former judicial law clerk with experience in federal and state courts, Andrew helps clients with complex civil litigation matters at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. He also advises clients on…
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Associate
Stephen P. Kopstein is an Associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth's D.C. office. He counsels clients on labor relations and litigates labor and employment disputes.
Stephen has extensive…
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Partner
Leslie regularly advises clients on high stakes litigation and investigations.
As a partner in Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s antitrust and consumer protection group, Leslie’s practice focuses…
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Associate
Reiko is a litigation associate in the Washington, DC office, with over five years of practical experience. Reiko handles a range of complex litigation matters, including class actions,…
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Partner
Torsten represents clients from the U.S. and abroad in complex commercial litigation and arbitration.
A litigation partner in the Washington, DC and New York offices, Torsten has served as…
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Partner
Stephanie is in the firm’s public law section and concentrates her practice on electricity regulation and transactions. She brings substantial expertise on all issues related to electric…
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Counsel
Jacque Kruppa is Counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth's Dallas office. Ms. Kruppa’s practice focuses on corporate, securities, and regulatory representation of commercial banks, holding…
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Counsel
Michael’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation.
Michael’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, and his focus is on matters relating to financial services, structured…
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Special Counsel
Gerry is a collaborative team leader with broad-based public, governmental, and private practice experience, who provides clients with thoughtful, strategic advice and practical decision…
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Partner
Matt advises and defends clients across industries with the strategic insights as former General Counsel for the US Environmental Protection Agency, former General Counsel for the Florida…
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Associate
Charlotte represents policyholders in insurance coverage actions in federal and state courts across the country, with matters involving environmental liability, mass torts, products…
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Of Counsel
Gary is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property section, after a lifetime of experiences spanning between a patent litigation partnership in a Washington firm to in-house counsel…
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Associate
Brian assists clients in navigating complex permitting and compliance issues that arise under a host of federal environmental statutes and regulations. He also advocates for clients during…
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Partner
Mike has more than 20 years of experience litigating insurance disputes and advising clients on insurance coverage matters.
Mike Levine is a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office and…
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Associate
Ashley’s practice includes general litigation, with an emphasis on oil and gas litigation and construction litigation.
She has advised and represented clients in all stages of litigation,…
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Counsel
Michelle concentrates her practice in the areas of health and welfare plans, qualified retirement plans, and executive deferred compensation plans.
She delivers insightful and practical…
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Partner
Kerry has extensive experience with permitting and litigation under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other…
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Counsel
The former Principal Deputy Solicitor General in Virginia’s Office of the Attorney General, Matt is a seasoned appellate and trial court attorney. As counsel, Matt focuses on appellate…
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Senior Attorney
Bonnie is a Senior Attorney in the Business Transactions section. She has worked extensively representing developers, lenders and equity investors in the wind energy industry. Her…
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Partner
Lee concentrates his practice on employee benefits and compensation issues. Particularly, Lee designs and drafts incentive compensation, bonus, retention, change-in-control and severance…
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Partner
Robert’s practice focuses on advising U.S. based businesses and investors on federal income tax matters with an emphasis on business transaction planning. Robert regularly counsels publicly…
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Counsel
David counsels clients through the lens of a former in-house attorney to provide insightful and practical advice. He understands a client’s business and the unique policies related to…
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Special Counsel
Ronald’s practice focuses on labor management relations law and policy.
Ronald is a former National Labor Relations Board member and general counsel.
Prior to joining the firm, Ronald co-…
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Partner
Gus handles a wide variety of commercial matters, focusing on cross-border disputes and transnational arbitrations, including class action litigation. Gus counsels clients both pre-and-post…
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Partner
Tom is experienced in real estate income tax matters, in structuring and implementation of U.S. and international asset securitization and in mergers and acquisitions of corporations. He…
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Partner
Greg Porter has extensive experience representing and advising companies in all aspects of patent and trade secret law, including acting as lead counsel in successful jury trials and…
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Partner
Rose’s practice focuses on patent litigation and licensing in the mechanical, electrical and computer science arts. With over 10 years of experience in IP litigation, she has represented…
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Associate
Austin is an Associate in the Litigation section of the firm’s Houston office, where he practices general commercial litigation. Our Litigation practice consists of more than 100 lawyers,…
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Associate
Britney is an Associate in the Litigation section of the firm’s Dallas office. For more than a century, Andrews Kurth lawyers have combined legal skill, business experience and aggressive…
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In today’s digital economy, companies face unprecedented challenges in managing privacy and cybersecurity risks associated with the collection, use and disclosure of personal information…
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Partner
Shemin is the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office of Andrews Kurth Kenyon and she divides her time between the Washington and Houston offices. She represents major energy…
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Associate
Gustavo focuses his practice on project finance and cross-border lending transactions involving clients in the financial services, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
Gustavo advises…
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Partner
Amber’s national practice assists clients with traditional labor relations and litigation, employment advice and counseling, and complex employment litigation.
Amber is Board Certified in…
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Associate
Alexis’ practice focuses on employment and labor law.
Alexis represents and advises employers in a broad range of labor and employment law matters. Alexis’ practice includes advising and…
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Associate
Zach focuses his practice on federal income tax issues related to structured finance and securitization and real estate investment trusts.
Zach provides issuers and underwriters with…
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Partner
With more than 35 years’ experience handling litigation and counseling matters concerning all aspects of intellectual property, James is co-lead of the firm’s intellectual property practice…
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Partner
Adam J. Rosser is a Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth's D.C. office. Adam is an immigration attorney who focuses exclusively on business immigration law, working with human resources…
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Partner
Brent defends companies in environmental litigation and related administrative and regulatory matters. His clients value his thoughtful solutions-based approach to complex environmental…
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Partner
Ken advises investment banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds and other financial institutions on legal issues related to the purchase and sale of domestic and international par and distressed…
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Partner
Lisa's practice focuses on environmental, health and safety counseling, compliance and liability. She has extensive experience analyzing environmental, health and safety issues associated…
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Associate
Nate is a litigator specializing in complex commercial disputes.
Nate’s practice is cross-disciplinary and includes litigation experience related to services contracts, commercial leases,…
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Associate
Madison’s practice focuses on product liability, mass tort and toxic tort litigation.
As an associate on the product liability and mass tort litigation team, Madison defends the interests…
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Associate
An experienced litigator and problem-solver, Beth’s practice encompasses all aspects of labor and employment litigation, advice and counseling.
With a broad knowledge-base and deep…
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Associate
Anh represents employers in employment litigation matters in California. She has achieved favorable outcomes for clients using creative litigation strategies. 
An associate in the Los…
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Partner
Trey’s practice focuses on environmental litigation and trial work.
Trey has been trial counsel in a diverse array of trials and appeals, including major CERCLA cost-recovery actions,…
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Partner
Kendal focuses on federal income tax issues related to equity REITs, mortgage REITs and private investment funds, including in respect of capital markets transactions, fund formations,…
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Partner
Paul Silverstein is a member of the firm's Executive Committee, a member of the Policy Committee and co-chair of the Bankruptcy/Restructuring practice. Paul's practice includes the…
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Partner
Andrew has worked extensively on natural resources, focusing on wetlands, endangered species and the marine environment. He has been influential in shaping jurisprudence at the intersection…
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Of Counsel
Jerry has over 40 years of experience in public finance and has served as senior attorney in connection with the representation of various public clients, including state agencies,…
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Associate
An associate in the Boston office of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Shauna focuses her civil litigation practice on a variety of complex business and commercial disputes.
Shauna’s wide range of…
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Partner
Susan’s practice focuses on labor, employment and OSHA compliance, litigation and defense.
Susan’s practice includes comprehensive OSHA/MSHA representation of employers across all industry…
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Partner
Rick practices in the public law area. His focus is public finance, serving as bond counsel, bank counsel, disclosure counsel or underwriters' counsel in tax-exempt bond transactions for…
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Associate
Alex focuses on environmental enforcement actions, litigation and transactional matters.
Alex advises a variety of industry clients, including oil and gas and pipeline companies, real…
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Counsel
Steve advocates for clients in all aspects of patent property law across a variety of technologies.
With an intellectual property practice encompassing mechanical devices, remote monitoring…
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Partner
Sean’s practice focuses on advising clients on their intellectual property needs (including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets) and other areas of law related to technology.…
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Associate
Crystal is an Associate in the Litigation section of the Dallas office. She focuses her practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on securities matters and oil and gas disputes.
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Of Counsel
Brian focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling, including patent, copyright and trademark infringement, and trade secrets. Brian has also handled a variety of…
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