Chambers USA Recognizes Hunton Andrews Kurth Among Top Firms in 2021 Guide

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP was recognized in the 2021 Chambers USA Guide with 47 practices ranked nationally and regionally and 112 attorneys earning individual rankings in their respective practice area.

The following practices were recognized in the 2021 guide:

• Banking & Finance – Florida and Texas
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Texas and Virginia
• Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – Texas
• Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt – Issuer Counsel – USA-Nationwide
• Capital Markets: Securitization – MSR – USA-Nationwide
• Capital Markets: Securitization – RMBS – USA-Nationwide
• Climate Change – USA-Nationwide
• Corporate/M&A – Southern Virginia and Texas
• Corporate/M&A and Private Equity – South Florida
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – Texas: Houston & Surrounds
• Energy: Electricity (Finance) – USA-Nationwide
• Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – USA-Nationwide
• Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) – USA-Nationwide
• Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) -- Texas
• Environment – USA-Nationwide, California, District of Columbia, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia
• Immigration – District of Columbia
• Insurance – Florida and Georgia
• Intellectual Property – Southern Virginia
• Labor & Employment – District of Columbia and Virginia
• Litigation: General Commercial – Florida and Virginia
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Virginia
• Outsourcing – USA-Nationwide
• Privacy & Data Security – USA-Nationwide
• Product Liability & Toxic Torts – Virginia
• Projects: Power – USA-Nationwide
• Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional) – USA-Nationwide
• Projects: PPP – USA-Nationwide
• Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – USA-Nationwide
• Real Estate – Northern Virginia, Southern Virginia and Texas
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Northern Virginia
• REITs – USA-Nationwide
• Retail – USA-Nationwide
• Tax – Texas

The following attorneys were recognized in their respective practice:

Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory

• Phyllis Marcus (USA-Nationwide)

Banking & Finance

• David Barbour (Texas)
• Thomas J. Perich (Texas)
• John R. Schneider (Georgia)

Banking & Finance: Transactional

• Fernando C. Alonso (Florida)

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

• Tyler P. Brown (Virginia)
• Timothy A. “Tad” Davidson II (Texas)
• Jason W. Harbour (Virginia)
• Justin F. Paget (Virginia)
• Robin Russell (Texas)
• J.R. Smith (Virginia)

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity

• Michael O’Leary (Texas and USA-Nationwide: Central United States)

Capital Markets: Securitization – ABS

• John J. Dedyo (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – MSR

• Edward L. Douma (USA-Nationwide)
• Thomas Y. Hiner (USA-Nationwide)
• Brit Mohler (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – RMBS

• Eric Burner (USA-Nationwide)
• Rudene Mercer Haynes (USA-Nationwide)
• Brent A. Lewis (USA-Nationwide)
• Amy McDaniel Williams (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – Tax

• Cecelia Philipps Horner (USA-Nationwide)

Capital Markets: Securitization – Trustee Counsel

• Michael Nedzbala (USA-Nationwide)

Climate Change

• Shannon S. Broome (USA-Nationwide)
• William Brownell (USA-Nationwide)
• Charles H. Knauss (USA-Nationwide)

Construction

• Michael F. Albers (Texas)

Corporate/M&A

• Allen C. Goolsby (Southern Virginia)
• Steven Haas (Southern Virginia)
• Robert V. Jewell (Texas)
• Michael O’Leary (Texas)
• Gary E. Thompson (Southern Virginia)

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

• Fernando C. Alonso (South Florida)

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

• Anthony Eppert (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
• David A. Mustone (Virginia)
• J.G. Ritter II (Virginia)

Energy: Electricity (Finance)

• Emmett N. Ellis (USA-Nationwide)
• Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr. (USA-Nationwide)
• Steven C. Friend (USA-Nationwide)
• Christina Kwon (USA-Nationwide)
• Peter K. O’Brien (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

• Shemin V. Proctor (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

• Hal V. Haltom, Jr. (USA-Nationwide)
• Michael O’Leary (USA-Nationwide)

Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)

• Myles Reynolds (Texas)
• Tab Urbantke (Texas)

Environment

• Shannon S. Broome (California)
• Samuel L. Brown (California)
• Clare Ellis (California)
• William Brownell (District of Columbia)
• Kristy A. Niehaus Bulleit (District of Columbia)
• Deidre G. Duncan (District of Columbia)
• Andrea Field (District of Columbia)
• Kevin J. Finto (Virginia)
• Harry M. “Pete” Johnson, III (Virginia)
• Dan J. Jordanger (Virginia)
• Charles H. Knauss (District of Columbia)
• Nash E. Long (North Carolina)
• Brent A. Rosser (North Carolina)
• Lisa Montgomery Shelton (Texas)

Immigration

• Ian P. Band (District of Columbia)
• Adam J. Rosser (District of Columbia)

Insurance

• Andrea DeField (Florida)
• Walter J. Andrews (Florida)
• Lawrence J. Bracken II (Georgia)
• Michael Levine (Georgia)

Insurance: Dispute Resolution – Policyholder

• Lorelie S. Masters (USA-Nationwide)

Insurance: Policyholder

• Lorelie S. Masters (District of Columbia)
• Koorosh Talieh (District of Columbia)

Intellectual Property

• Stephen P. Demm (Southern Virginia)
• Maya M. Eckstein (Southern Virginia)
• John Gary Maynard (Southern Virginia)

Labor & Employment

• Brett Burns (California)
• Terence G. Connor (Florida)
• Juan C. Enjamio (Florida)
• Kurt A. Powell (Georgia)
• Gregory B. Robertson (Virginia)
• Kurt G. Larkin (Virginia)
• Scott M. Nelson (Texas)
• Holly H. Williamson (Texas)

Litigation: Appellate

• Scott A. Brister (Texas)
• Edward J. Fuhr (Virginia)
• Elbert Lin (Virginia)
• Stuart A. Raphael (Virginia)

Litigation: General Commercial

• Samuel A. Danon (Florida)
• Gustavo Membiela (Florida)
• Edward J. Fuhr (Virginia)
• Elbert Lin (Virginia)
• Stuart A Raphael (Virginia)
• Michael R. Shebelskie (Virginia)
• Thomas G. Slater, Jr. (Virginia)
• Robert M. Tata (Virginia)
• Matthew Bosher (Virginia)

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

• Laura Colombell Marshall (Virginia)

Outsourcing

• Jeffrey L. Harvey (USA-Nationwide)
• Randall S. Parks (USA-Nationwide)

Privacy & Data Security

• Brittany M. Bacon (USA-Nationwide)
• Aaron P. Simpson (USA-Nationwide)
• Lisa J. Sotto (USA-Nationwide)

Privacy & Data Security: Incident Response

• Lisa J. Sotto (USA-Nationwide)

Product Liability & Toxic Torts

• Alexandra B. Cunningham (Virginia)

Projects

• Jeffrey P. Schroeder (USA-Nationwide)

Projects: PPP

• David B. Horner (USA-Nationwide)
• John O’Neill (USA-Nationwide)

Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

• Laura Ellen Jones (USA-Nationwide)
• Hilary Lefko (USA-Nationwide)
• Jeffrey P. Schroeder (USA-Nationwide)
• Geoffrey Lorenz (USA-Nationwide)
• Michael Klaus (USA-Nationwide)

Real Estate

• Mark B. Arnold (Texas)
• Daniel M. Campbell (Southern Virginia)
• Howard E. Schreiber (Texas)
• Andrew J. Tapscott (Southern Virginia)
• Mark R. Vowell (Texas)
• Jane Hinton (Southern California)

Real Estate: Corporate

• Laurie Grasso (New York)

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

• Carl F. Schwartz (New York)

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

• John C. McGranahan, Jr. (Northern Virginia)

REITs

• David C. Wright (USA-Nationwide)
• Robert K. Smith (USA-Nationwide)
• James V. Davidson (USA-Nationwide)

REITs: Tax

• George C. Howell, III (USA-Nationwide)
• Kendal Sibley (USA-Nationwide)

Tax

• Thomas W. Ford, Jr. (Texas)
• Robert J. McNamara (Texas)

About Chambers & Partners USA Guide

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