Practice Areas & Industries: Hunton & Williams LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Hunton & Williams lawyers have advised clients for a number of years regarding compliance with federal consumer protection and disclosure laws including the Truth in Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and trade regulation rules adopted by the Federal Trade Commission.

With more than 260 attorneys, our Litigation team is one of the nation's largest, recognized as one of the premier litigation groups in the country. Our team of trial lawyers has been involved in high profile litigation, from corporate governance and control, nuclear power, and the smoking wars to high stakes intellectual property disputes, struggles over responsibility for cleaning up the environment and the turf battles of telecommunications. We have shown the ability to manage issues on a national and international scale with billions of dollars at stake. These experiences have taken our trial attorneys to virtually every state, and several continents.

Our willingness to try cases, our experience in the courtroom, and the resources we bring to bear make us a powerful national and international force in litigation.

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The firm has also represented clients in litigating consumer claims on both a trial and appellate level. We have defended clients in litigation where consumer credit law violations were alleged. We have represented financial institutions named as defendants in class action suits in which the allegations included claims asserting violations of the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and other usury and consumer protection laws.

Our Practice Group has gained valuable experience with tools such as mediation, arbitration, mini trials, and neutral case evaluation, among others. We have served as ADR neutrals as well as ADR advocates and counselors representing clients. Moreover, the extensive litigation experience of the members of the ADR Practice Group enables us to recognize the merits and shortcomings of both the litigation and ADR processes. Accordingly, we can provide guidance in choosing the right ADR process, if any, to achieve the goals of the client.