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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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Partner
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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Associate
Chris’s practice covers general corporate and securities matters with a particular emphasis on MLPs and other companies engaged in the upstream, midstream, downstream and services sectors…
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Partner
Jessica helps clients navigate the complex and evolving area of employee benefits law, including health care reform, tax-qualified retirement plans and executive compensation. She is also…
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Partner
Syed represents clients in connection with insurance coverage, reinsurance matters and other business litigation.
Syed has been admitted to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,…
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Associate
Jonathan represents corporate policyholders in complex insurance disputes.
Jonathan’s practice concentrates on complex insurance recovery disputes on behalf of corporate policyholders. He…
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Partner
Ryan’s practice spans all aspects of employment law. He has distinguished himself as a nationwide litigator handling complex employment litigation, including class actions, collective…
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Retired Senior Partner
Jerry Beane’s practice focuses on antitrust and commercial litigation. He has more than 45 years of experience defending federal and state antitrust cases and governmental investigations in…
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Director of Regulatory Science
Nancy provides industry leaders with advice related to the impact of environmental policy, including chemical regulations and compliance programs, applying her in-depth knowledge and…
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Partner
Ryan has significant experience in federal and state courts, with particular emphasis on effective and efficient discovery, fact development and trial work in consumer class actions,…
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Partner
Michele’s practice focuses on labor and employment law.
Michele is a partner in Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s Labor and Employment group. She has extensive experience efficiently and…
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Associate
Brandon Bell is an Associate at Hunton Andrew Kurth’s Houston office. His practice is focused on complex restructuring and bankruptcy matters and related litigation.
Brandon advises clients…
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Special Counsel
Lara Degenhart Cassidy is Special Counsel with the firm's insurance coverage practice, where she helps individuals, groups, and companies tackle their most challenging insurance problems.…
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Associate
Jon is a commercial litigator handling post-M&A disputes, products liability issues, environmental challenges, and appellate litigation.
During law school, Jon served as an extern for…
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Associate
Michelle represents energy and utility issuers and underwriters in a range of capital markets transactions.
Michelle advises issuers and underwriters across a range of public and private…
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Associate
Sushila represents clients at both the trial and appellate levels in federal and state court. Her primary area of practice is complex civil litigation with a focus on intellectual property…
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Associate
Jerry's practice covers a wide variety of general corporate and securities matters, including public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions.…
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Partner
Mark focuses his practice on representing domestic and foreign high-technology and medical device clients in patent infringement and related litigation, as well as opinions, licensing and…
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Counsel
Larry is an experienced trial advocate focused on intellectual property and commercial litigation. A member of the patent bar, Larry also advises clients in all aspects of intellectual…
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Partner
Stephen’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, and prosecution, with emphasis on trademark, trade dress, copyright, domain name and technology litigation and…
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Associate
Katharine is an associate who focuses her litigation practice on a variety of business and commercial matters ranging from representing large companies in complex multimillion-dollar…
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Partner
Russ has experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, proxy solicitations and other contests for corporate control, corporate governance and SEC compliance and disclosure…
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Special Counsel
An experienced trial lawyer, Scott routinely represents clients throughout the country facing insurance recovery issues, as well as in class and mass torts, product liability and complex…
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Partner
Jay’s practice focuses on internal investigations, crisis management, regulatory and civil enforcement, trial work, and white collar criminal defense.
Jay is a white collar litigation…
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Associate
Latosha helps corporate policyholders resolve complex insurance disputes.
From advising clients at policy renewal and through the claims process to representing clients in litigation or…
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The energy industry by its nature is complex, and so are its legal matters. Businesses that explore, develop, produce, store, market, transport and process energy resources are among the…
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Associate
An experienced litigator and trusted advisor, Liz represents clients in a wide array of industries, including professional sports leagues and franchises, national retailers, hospital…
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Associate
As an associate in the firm’s labor and employment group, Gary assists clients with traditional labor issues and complex employment matters.
Gary focuses on complex labor and employment…
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Partner
Juan focuses on the defense of companies facing complex employment disputes.
Juan is managing partner of the firm’s Miami office. Juan regularly represents domestic and international…
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Partner
Tony's legal practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements (including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance issues) in the United…
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Associate
Jason maintains a general corporate tax practice, advising clients on state, federal and international tax matters.
He represents clients in various industries in tax planning, audit…
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Associate
Katrin is a German as well as U.S. educated lawyer whose practice focuses on representing international companies in intellectual property disputes. Katrin is fluent in German, her native…
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Partner
Norm is a widely recognized environmental and administrative lawyer who represents clients in litigation and regulatory proceedings on a broad range of requirements under the Clean Air Act…
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Of Counsel
Erika Finn is part of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice at Andrews Kurth. Erika advises investment banks and hedge funds on legal issues related to the purchase and sale…
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s financial technology team knows the complexities facing the fintech market. In the fintech market, we represent start-ups and established fintech companies, banks…
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Partner
Tanya practices in the public law area. Her focus is public finance, serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriters' counsel in tax-exempt bond transactions for school…
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Partner
Ted's practice includes corporate and securities law, predominantly in the context of entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies. Ted represents several publicly traded companies with…
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Partner
J.A. Glaccum concentrates his practice on mergers, acquisitions, separations and private equity transactions and has a broad corporate practice, with a focus on securities, corporate…
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Partner
Ryan represents employers and executives in labor matters and complex employment litigation and provides strategic labor and employment advice.
Ryan’s labor and employment litigation…
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Counsel
Sharon’s practice focuses on employment advice and counseling, and the defense of employment cases before administrative agencies and in federal and state courts.
Sharon represents…
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Special Counsel
Allen’s practice focuses on corporate law.
Allen regularly represents clients on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities and finance matters.
Relevant Experience…
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Partner
Carmelo has practiced corporate and securities law throughout his 25-year legal career. Carmelo is known as a leader in the Texas venture capital and private equity community and was…
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Associate
Marisa represents clients’ interests before Congress and regulatory bodies, advancing creative and strategic solutions to complex issues impacting a wide range of industries.
Marisa’s…
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Associate
Christopher’s practice focuses on commercial real estate acquisition, disposition, finance and leasing.
Christopher is an associate on the firm’s capital finance and real estate team. His…
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Partner
Henry's practice involves a broad range of domestic and international corporate and securities matters. Henry has represented securities issuers, investment banking firms, private equity…
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Partner
Rudene’s fascination with numbers and problem solving provides tangible benefits to her structured finance and securitization clients, while her focus on ensuring that diverse attorneys…
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Associate
Eileen assists and counsels employers at all stages of the employment relationship, including advising clients on compliance with state and federal laws, conducting workplace investigations…
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Associate
Daniel’s practice focuses on complex business litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage litigation and government investigations.
With experience in the areas of insurance…
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Partner
Dan helps clients throughout the United States solve environmental problems, litigate complex environmental disputes, and manage issues that arise under an array of environmental laws.…
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Partner
Roland’s practice focuses exclusively on employment and labor law.
Roland has exclusively handled employment cases since 1992. He was named a 2020 Top Minority Attorney in Los Angeles and a…
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Associate
Keenan Judge is an Associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth's Dallas office. As an associate in the firm’s labor and employment group, Keenan assists clients with employment litigation,…
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Partner
Fred focuses his practice on civil litigation and appeals. His background includes litigation involving public law issues and real estate and commercial disputes.
Fred has represented…
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Partner
Ryan’s practice focuses on energy and infrastructure projects located in emerging and frontier markets.
Ryan is a frequent speaker and author on topics related to the development and…
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Christy’s practice encompasses employmentlitigation, EEOC charges, #MeToo investigations, pay equity analyses, advice, training, affirmative action, and audit defense before the OFCCP.…
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Counsel
Jason’s practice focuses on class action defense and other complex commercial litigation in the data breach, financial services and consumer contexts.
Jason has represented clients at trial…
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Associate
Timothy represents and advises clients on all matters related to labor and employment law. 
Timothy’s practice focuses on representing clients involved in employment-related disputes with…
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Partner
Scott brings in-depth knowledge of SEC policies, procedures and enforcement philosophy to each representation.
Scott regularly advises clients across a broad sector of the economy facing…
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Associate
Libby advises employers in a wide range of labor and employment law matters.
Libby represents employers in litigation before federal and state courts, including wage and hour class and…
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Partner
Kurt has a national practice focused on complex labor and employment matters and related litigation.
Kurt helps businesses of all sizes solve their complex labor and employment challenges.…
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Associate
Marysia’s practice focuses on corporate, securities, and regulatory matters involving financial institutions.
She represents financial institutions and their holding companies in a wide…
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Associate
Jordan focuses her practice on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements, including their related tax and corporate governance aspects.
Jordan advises clients across various…
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Associate
Tyler’s practice focuses on labor and employment law, including counseling, litigation and regulatory advice.
Tyler has developed an extensive wage and hour practice, defending clients in…
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Associate
Shane’s practice focuses on labor and employment law. His background as a law clerk in Los Angeles gives him a distinct perspective on what judges and court staff attorneys look for when…
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Counsel
Barbara provides tax advice in connection with tax-exempt financing transactions for cities, counties, states, school districts, charter schools, housing authorities, higher education…
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Partner
Brian Marek is a Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth's Dallas office. Brian’s practice focuses on corporate and regulatory representation of representation of community banks, their owners and…
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Partner
Eric R. Markus is a partner in the firm's Corporate/Securities practice. Eric has a broad practice that encompasses complex corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities law…
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Associate
Lisa Marshall is an Associate in the Litigation section of the firm's Dallas office, where she practices general commercial litigation. Our Litigation practice consists of more than 100…
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Counsel
Diana Martin’s practice focuses on environmental issues ranging from compliance counseling, to site remediation, enforcement defense and litigation, and transactional matters.
Diana has…
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Associate
Brandon’s practice focuses on class action defense and complex litigation, including wage and hour litigation.
Brandon has experience managing all aspects of the discovery process as well…
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Associate
As a member of the firm’s corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions practice, Richard helps guide clients through difficult and complex negotiations over corporate transactions and…
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Associate
Leah practices general commercial litigation for clients in the energy, real estate, construction, and insurance industries.
Leah’s litigation experience includes arbitration, taking…
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Senior Attorney
Paul Nyffeler is an environmental law practitioner at Hunton Andrews Kurth's Richmond office with more than 15 years of experience providing clients with regulatory counseling, compliance…
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Partner
Scott practices in the firm's Corporate/Securities section. His experience includes public and private offerings of equity and debt securities for corporations, master limited partnerships…
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Partner
Clients often call on Brian to address their highest stake challenges. Brian’s practice has focused recently on structured finance, mortgage backed securities and consumer finance…
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Partner
Pete’s practice focuses on all aspects of domestic and international capital markets transactions with a particular focus on the power and utilities industries.
Pete is co-head of the firm’…
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Counsel
Having directed both criminal and civil Department of Justice investigations, Sean is uniquely situated to provide compliance counseling, conduct internal investigations, navigate and…
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Partner
Adrian's practice focuses on public finance and public law matters.
In public finance matters, he serves as bond counsel, underwriters counsel and disclosure counsel for bonds for cities,…
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Partner
Steve’s practice focuses on public and private securities offerings, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters, for domestic and international…
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Special Counsel
Steve Pattison is nationally recognized in US immigration law, Department of State policy and procedures, and consular operations, and counsels clients on immigration and labor and…
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Associate
Katie focuses her practice on antitrust litigation and counseling.
Prior to joining the firm, Katie served as a law clerk for Justice Jim Rice in the Montana Supreme Court.
During law…
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Associate
Michael is an associate in the Labor and Employment group, focusing his practice on complex discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour disputes, including class actions and PAGA matters…
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Associate
Adriana’s practice focuses on complex insurance litigation and advising policyholders in insurance coverage matters.
Adriana’s litigation experience includes handling matters in the…
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Associate
Matt’s practice focuses on complex insurance litigation and advising policyholders in a variety of insurance coverage matters.
Matt provides comprehensive representation to policyholders in…
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Partner
Myles is the Chair of the firm’s Energy Regulatory practice. His personal practice focuses on the representation of, and associated counseling for, electric utilities, natural gas utilities…
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Counsel
Ryan’s diverse litigation experience with a wide range of businesses enables him to recognize risks and manage challenges faced by his clients.
Ryan represents many kinds of businesses—…
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Partner
Angela's practice includes experience in various federal income tax matters with an emphasis on domestic business transaction planning. She has significant experience advising publicly-…
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Associate
Payne’s practice includes a broad range of commercial real estate and finance transactions across multiple industries and disciplines, including loan origination and securitization,…
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Partner
Daryl’s practice focuses on business and finance transactions, entity formation, M&A and securities law.
Daryl has experience in sophisticated and complicated business transactions in…
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Associate
Daniel focuses his practice on IP litigation and patent prosecution matters.
As a member of the intellectual property team, Daniel represents clients in connection with patent, trademark,…
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Associate
Ben is an Associate in the Litigation section of the Dallas office. His experience includes patent litigation and domestic and international trademark and copyright enforcement and…
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Counsel
John counsels foreign and domestic clients on the antitrust aspects of litigation, mergers and acquisitions, dominant firm practices, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing. He…
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Associate
Sumaira’s practice focuses on corporate, securities and regulatory matters involving financial institutions.
Sumaira represents financial institutions in a wide range of corporate and…
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Partner
Daniel focuses his practice on electro-mechanical patent matters. His practice includes preparing and prosecuting U.S., P.C.T. and foreign utility and design patent applications; patent…
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Associate
Anu is a patent lawyer who focuses his practice on prosecution, litigation, and post-grant and administrative trials. He works to proactively understand his clients’ goals prior to…
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Associate
Jonathan focuses his practice on counseling, enforcement, and litigation matters concerning trademarks, trade dress, domain names, copyrights, advertising, sweepstakes, and promotions. He…
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Associate
Sam’s wide-ranging practice focuses on class action and complex commercial litigation.
A litigation associate in the Washington, DC office, Sam represents clients in matters big and small…
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Partner
Mark has led transactions across varied sectors of the energy and infrastructure industries during his career, including oil and gas, thermal power, renewable energy, LNG, carbon…
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Partner
With experience in government and the private sector, Paul brings in-depth knowledge of cyber and physical security, internal investigations, law enforcement and national security to every…
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Partner
Patricia is an experienced commercial projects lawyer advising clients on the full life cycle of energy and infrastructure projects, from acquisition and financing to project development.…
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Associate
Veronica’s litigation practice focuses on complex employment litigation, including defending employers against allegations of breach of employment and separation agreements, failure to pay…
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Counsel
Robert Weiss is counsel in the firm’s New York office. He is a member of the asset management and investment funds practice area.
Professional Background
Prior to joining the firm, Mr.…
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Associate
Lieselot is a global immigration lawyer advising companies on immigration processes around the world.
With more than seven years of experience guiding companies and individuals through…
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Partner
Kevin co-chairs the firm’s labor and employment team and  has a national practice that focuses on complex employment litigation and employment advice and counseling.
In particular, Kevin…
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Partner
David focuses his practice on complex commercial, business and intellectual property litigation. He has litigated numerous cases involving shareholder disputes, mergers and acquisitions,…
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Partner
Melanie is Head of International Arbitration for Andrews Kurth. She focuses her practice on international arbitration and is experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution (…
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Partner
Amy is a seasoned structured finance lawyer who has represented both borrowers and lenders in structuring and closing asset-based finance transactions involving a variety of assets,…
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