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McGuireWoods LLP Offices

FIFTH THIRD CENTER
201 N TRYON ST, STE. 3000
CHARLOTTE, NC 28202
NORTH CAROLINA
United States
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Jonathan Blank

Position
Jonathan Blank is the chair of McGuireWoods’ Business and Securities Litigation Department. A problem solver who focuses on energy law, his experience includes wind, solar, biomass, natural gas mineral rights, royalty, transportation, construction, consumer protection, fiduciary, closely held corporation and other complex litigation. He has tried dozens of bench and jury trials, and has appeared in district, circuit and federal courts, as well as in AAA arbitrations. He has been reported in cases in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, federal courts in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and one in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
McGuireWoods LLP has a strong track record at trial and on appellate matters, handling the full spectrum of business-critical disputes for a roster of financial institutions and major corporates. In Charlotte, Mark Kinghorn chairs the antitrust, trade and commercial litigation department. Jonathan Blank heads up the business and securities litigation team from Charlottesville, while Charlotte’s Robert Muckenfuss spearheads the firm’s complex commercial litigation offering. From the Atlanta office, Cheryl Haas leads the financial services litigation practice, while in New York, Noreen Kelly is the government investigations and white collar lead. Norfolk’s Benjamin Hatch rounds out the leadership group as chair of the environmental & mass tort litigation practice. Houston lawyer Jeremiah Anderson comes highly recommended by clients for handling ‘complex matters involving unusual fact patterns and sensitive indemnification easily and professionally’.
United States > Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
Alongside its expertise in handling major catastrophic litigation cases, McGuireWoods LLP stands out for its team’s focus on complex regulatory matters, internal investigations, and royalty litigation. Charlottesville’s Brian Jackson acts as a key contact for a range of energy clients in catastrophic events across the United States and has considerable experience with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration corrective action orders and NTSB investigations of these events. Pittsburgh’s Greg Krock is well-versed in contract disputes, toxic tort cases and royalty litigation, an area in which Charlottesville’s Jonathan Blank is also particularly active. From the Pittsburgh office, Anthony Carna chairs the firm’s oil and gas practice, routinely handling disputes arising from oil and gas leases and pipeline right of way agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy litigation: oil and gas United States > Energy
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense