Ms Georgia Lucier > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Richmond-headquartered firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is particularly active in single plaintiff and consolidated toxic tort actions with a nexus to the south of the country, a particularly fertile location for work in the space in light of the concentration of large energy and industrial companies headquartered in the region. Although the scope of the claims are broad, running the gamut from personal injury and/or property damage caused by exposure from a range of chemicals and natural occurring substances, the ‘results oriented’ team remains most active in the asbestos arena. Alexandra Cunningham, who co-heads the products liability and mass tort litigation practice alongside Houston-based Georgia Lucier, who ‘knows the law and medical science’, is key to much of the success the firm has had in the asbestos arena, whether it be in relation to direct occupational exposure cases, bystander claims or “take-home” cases. Benefiting from ‘good relationships with judges and adversary counsel’ developed over his many years in private practice, Houston-based partner Thomas Taylor  is also a key member of the team and is popular among oil and gas companies to defend them in big-ticket toxic tort cases. The firm has also been at the vanguard of disputes arising in the aftermath of Covid-19, and has established a nascent interdisciplinary group which combines mass tort litigators with OSHA and employment law lawyers to good effect, both from a risk management perspective and in any attendant tort litigation which may ensue, including wrongful death and personal injury defense and public nuisance claims.