128 Hunton Andrews Kurth Lawyers Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© 2019

Among these recognized lawyers, 10 were named “Lawyer of the Year,” a recognition awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

Lawyers of the Year:

Tyler P. Brown: Litigation–Bankruptcy (Richmond, VA)
William Brownell: Litigation–Environmental (Washington, DC)
Stephen P. Demm: Copyright Law (Richmond, VA)
Kevin J. Finto: Litigation–Environmental (Richmond, VA)
Mark S. Hedberg: Health Care Law (Richmond, VA)
Michael Nedzbala: Securitization and Structured Finance Law (Charlotte, NC)
Michael O’Leary: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Houston, TX)
Robert M. Rolfe: Bet-the-Company Litigation (Richmond, VA)
Andrew J. Tapscott: Real Estate Law (Richmond, VA)
Gary E. Thompson: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Richmond, VA)

Atlanta, GA

Lawrence J. Bracken II: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation–Banking and Finance
Matthew J. Calvert: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
Kurt A. Powell: Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Caryl Greenberg Smith: Public Finance Law

Austin, TX

Scott A. Brister: Appellate Practice

Charlotte, NC

Todd Brown: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law–Individuals, Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Banking and Finance, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Frank E. Emory, Jr.: Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Banking and Finance
Robert J. Hahn: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Nash E. Long III: Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Environmental, Litigation–Intellectual Property
Michael Nedzbala: Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Dallas, TX

Michael F. Albers: Construction Law
Scott Austin: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David A. Barbour: Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Thomas H. Cantrill: Trusts and Estates
Michael L. Dinnin: Commercial Litigation
John C. Eichman: Commercial Litigation
Daniel C. Garner: Banking and Finance Law
Steven Leshin: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
David C. Lonergan: Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management
Stephanie K. Osteen: Employment Law–Management
Thomas R. Popplewell: Tax Law
Daryl B. Robertson: Corporate Law
Howard E. Schreiber: Real Estate Law

Houston, TX

Mark B. Arnold: Real Estate Law
Michael A. Boyd: Real Estate Law
Mark Breeding: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Robert J. Collins: Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation–Land Use and Zoning
Tad Davidson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jeff C. Dodd: Corporate Law, Information Technology Law
Edward F. Fernandes: Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Environmental
Thomas W. Ford, Jr.: Tax Law
Mark C. Hodges: Real Estate Law
Stuart C. Hollimon: Oil and Gas Law
Robert V. Jewell: Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Frederick D. Junkin: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Terri Lacy: Litigation–Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Emily Macey: Trusts and Estates
Allison D. Mantor: Corporate Law, Tax Law
Daniel E. McCormick: Real Estate Law
Lee McMurtry III: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Robert J. McNamara: Tax Law
William T. Miller: Arbitration, Litigation–Trusts and Estates, Mediation
Michael O'Leary: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas J. Perich: Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Robin Russell: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law
Thomas A. Sage: Public Finance Law
Mark J. Thurber: Energy Law, Project Finance Law
Timothy J. Unger: Corporate Law, Energy Law, Project Finance Law
Holly H. Williamson: Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
David A. Zdunkewicz: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

McLean, VA

David A. Mustone: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Miami, FL

Fernando C. Alonso: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions
Terence G. Connor: Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management
Samuel A. Danon: Commercial Litigation
Barry R. Davidson: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Antitrust, Litigation–Banking and Finance, Litigation–Construction, Litigation–Real Estate, Litigation–Securities
John J. Delionado: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense–White-Collar
Juan C. Enjamio: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Jamie Zysk Isani: Commercial Litigation
Fernando Margarit: Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
Gustavo J. Membiela: International Trade and Finance Law
Uriel A. Mendieta: Corporate Law
Robert S. Rausch: Real Estate Law

New York, NY

Steven J. Lee: Litigation–Patent, Patent Law
Michael J. Lennon: Litigation–Intellectual Property
Peter S. Partee, Sr.: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jonathan D. Reichman: Copyright Law
Carl F. Schwartz: Real Estate Law
Paul N. Silverstein: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Cary Tolley III: Equipment Finance Law

Norfolk, VA

Kevin J. Cosgrove: Construction Law, Litigation–Construction
Sharon S. Goodwyn: Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Wendy C. McGraw: Litigation–Labor and Employment
James P. Naughton: Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Robert M. Tata: Litigation–Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Law

Raleigh, NC

William M. Flynn: Corporate Law
William H. McBride: Public Finance Law

Richmond, VA

Kenneth J. Alcott: Corporate Law
John J. Beardsworth, Jr.: Corporate Law, Energy Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Project Finance Law
Tyler P. Brown: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation–Bankruptcy
Kevin J. Buckley: Corporate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Daniel M. Campbell: Real Estate Law
Whittington W. Clement: Government Relations Practice
Cassandra C. Collins: Commercial Litigation
Alexandra B. Cunningham: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants
Stephen P. Demm: Copyright Law, Litigation–Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
Maya M. Eckstein: Litigation–Intellectual Property, Litigation–Patent
Kevin J. Finto: Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental, Water Law
Edward J. Fuhr: Corporate Compliance Law, Litigation–Banking and Finance, Litigation–First Amendment, Litigation–Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation–Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation–Securities, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Allen C. Goolsby III: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Mark S. Hedberg: Health Care Law
George C. Howell III: Tax Law
Matthew D. Jenkins: Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Laura Ellen Jones: Tax Law
Christopher G. Kulp: Public Finance Law
David Craig Landin: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
John Gary Maynard III: Litigation–Intellectual Property
Thomas McNally Millhiser: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Thurston R. Moore: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Lonnie D. Nunley III: Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
John D. O'Neill, Jr.: Public Finance Law
Randall S. Parks: Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert Dean Pope: Public Finance Law
G. Ritter II: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation–ERISA
Gregory B. Robertson: Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor and Employment
Robert M. Rolfe: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Environmental
William L. S. Rowe: Litigation and Controversy–Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
James S. Seevers, Jr.: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Thomas G. Slater, Jr.: Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation–Antitrust, Litigation–Intellectual Property, Litigation–Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
Andrew J. Tapscott: Real Estate Law
John Charles Thomas: Appellate Practice
Gary E. Thompson: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

The Woodlands, TX

Michael L. Dinnin: Commercial Litigation

Tysons Corner, VA

Christopher Giragosian: Banking and Finance Law
Francis A. McDermott: Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
John C. McGranahan, Jr.: Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Washington, DC

Virginia S. Albrecht: Litigation–Environmental
William Brownell: Litigation–Environmental
Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit: Water Law
Robert A. Davis Jr.: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Norman W. Fichthorn: Litigation–Environmental
Andrea B. Field: Litigation–Environmental
Makram B. Jaber: Litigation–Environmental
Andrew R. Kintzinger: Public Finance Law
Charles H. Knauss: Environmental Law, Litigation–Environmental
Lorelie S. Masters: Insurance Law
Henry V. Nickel: Litigation–Environmental
Charles D. Ossola: Litigation–Intellectual Property, Litigation–Patent
Brian M. Zimmet: Energy Law

Recognition by Best Lawyers^®is based entirely on peer-review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services.