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Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mark Herring

Work Department
Partner, State Attorneys General
Position
Mark Herring is co-leader of Akin’s state attorneys general practice and served for eight years as attorney general of Virginia, during which he led many litigation and appellate teams that won high-profile cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and other state and federal courts involving issues such as consumer protection, antitrust, health care fraud, constitutional challenges, environmental protection, civil rights and education. He also spearheaded large, complex investigations in the technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals and insurance sectors and led high-profile investigations internal to state agencies and institutions.
Mark has substantial experience working closely with state attorney general offices—on both sides of the aisle—across the country and, while in office, further strengthened those connections through his significant efforts with leading national organizations of state attorneys general. Mark is also a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he lectures on state attorney general law.
To learn more about Mark, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/mark-r-herring
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar, Virginia Bar
ERA Coalition Advisory Council
Education
J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, cum laude, 1990, M.A., University of Virginia, 1986, B.A., University of Virginia, 1983
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)