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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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United States • Dispute resolution

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General commercial disputes – mid-market ($250-500m)

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP garners praise for understanding its clients’ ‘commercial objectives very well’. Stationed in Richmond, Virginia, Alexandra Cunningham steers the litigation bench as a firebrand in toxic tort, asbestos, and food contamination fights. Alongside her, Cassandra Collins runs the administrative team engine and orchestrates multi-state energy, construction, and environmental disputes. Florida managing partner Sam Danon brings sharp instincts to consumer class actions and advertising claims, while Torsten Kracht, splitting his time between Washington DC and New York, handles commercial litigation and arbitration showdowns. Back in Richmond, Wendy McGraw provides ’practical, efficient, no-frills advice’ in IP, employment, and product liability disputes; meanwhile in Boston, Christopher Cunio takes on consumer protection, contract, and unfair practice claims. Rounding out the bench, DC-based Aubrianna Mierow is an antitrust litigation pro. In 2025, the team welcomed Ryan Clinton (Texas), Eric Crusius (DC), Shawn Hogue (Florida), and Erika Maley (DC), bolstering the firm’s commercial disputes capabilities.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Strong collaboration through our strategic partnership model. Integrated matter management and business interaction.'

  • ‘Torsten Kracht is a great partner for our team. He understands our business goals.'

  • ‘Responsiveness sets them apart. I've never had an email go longer than 24 hours unanswered (and responses usually arrived on the same business day).'

  • 'The commitment to learning our business is notable and a huge reason we keep working with them.’

  • ‘Alexandra Cunningham provides responsive, business-friendly advice, sound judgment, as well as extraordinarily deep knowledge of our business.'

  • 'Wendy McGraw - practical, efficient, no-frills advice.’

  • ‘Very client focused.’

  • 'Aubrianna Mierow is a great associate and talent. One to watch for sure.'

  • ‘The firm is not only best in class from a substantive perspective, but they understand our company, our industry, our risk tolerance, and our commercial objectives very well.'

  • ‘Torsten Kracht has served as our relationship partner for commercial litigation for many years. I trust his judgment and expertise implicitly. He is a pleasure to work with.’

Key clients

  • Alfa Laval Inc.
  • The Dewberry Companies, Inc.
  • Duke Energy
  • Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
  • Marathon Petroleum Corporation
  • Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
  • Verizon Communications Inc
  • Walmart Inc.

Work highlights

Acting as national counsel in over 30 cases nationwide at all levels of state and federal courts representing Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Marathon Petroleum Company, LP, and Speedway LLC, and playing a lead role in the joint defense groups collectively defending the claims asserted against defendants in matters that are at the forefront of climate change law.
Currently represents government contractor Huntington Ingalls as national strategic and trial counsel for its asbestos cases arising out of the Newport News Shipyard.
Represents P & L Development, LLC (“PLD”) in its antitrust lawsuit against Gerber Products Co. and Perrigo Company PLD (“Perrigo”) and certain Perrigo related entities. The lawsuit arises from PLD's efforts to compete against Perrigo in the market for the sale of store-brand infant formula to retailers.
Practice head

Alexandra Cunningham; Cassandra Collins

Other key lawyers

Christopher Cunio; Sam Danon; Neil Gilman; Torsten Kracht; Elbert Lin; Michael Morfey; Ann Marie Mortimer; Kelly Sandill; Jason Kim; John Delionado; Tom Waskom; Ryan Clinton; Eric Crusius; Shawn Hogue; Erika Maley; Wendy McGraw; Aubrianna Mierow