Month: October 2021

Hueston Hennigan Named One of the “Most Feared Law Firms in Litigation” in U.S.: “Fearless Nature, Uber Urgent, Relentless, and Strategically Aggressive.”

Hueston Hennigan joins a list of the most elite law firms across the country. Seasoned general counsel and legal decision makers point to four key attributes of the Firm: “fearless nature, uber urgent, relentless, and strategically aggressive.”

BTI Litigation Outlook 2022 is based solely on in-depth telephone interviews with leading legal decision makers. This research is independent and unbiased —no law firm or organization other than BTI sponsors this study. Each year, BTI reaches out to a strategically designed group of top legal decision makers at large organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue. BTI targets the decision makers in the industries who spend the most on legal affairs as well as thought leaders and innovative Chief Legal Officers. The survey also includes Chief Legal Operating Officers and business executives who hire and influence the selection and hiring of law firms.

Hueston and Kaba Named Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America

John Hueston was acclaimed as “a trial trailblazer who has carved himself an enviable position even among others in the elite trial lawyer circuit.”

While Moez Kaba, “the youngest appointee to this prestigious list by some distance,” was praised as having “staked himself a position as another of the firm’s lead trial counsel on some of the firm’s most high-stakes disputes.”

The firm also earned spots on the coveted list of “Top Boutiques” and “Top 20 Trial Firms” in the United States, noting “a multi-year streak of trial wins.” In addition, Benchmark analysis declares: Hueston Hennigan’s “mission of putting a premium on trial work, a mission that has been fulfilled with rapid momentum…”

Hueston Hennigan also earned national – and State of California – tier 1 rankings in the General Commercial, White Collar, Securities and Entertainment practice areas.

Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. Research is conducted through extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients to identify the leading litigators and firms. During these interviews, we examine recent casework handled by law firms and ask individual litigators to provide their professional opinions on peers and practitioners within their jurisdiction or practice area.

Appellate Victory for Caltech

“This is a significant victory for Caltech,” said Joe Reiter, who argued the appeal. “The court thoroughly rejected Dr. Roumi’s arguments on appeal and reaffirmed our trial victory in its entirety.”

After just a few hours of jury deliberation in June 2019, the Hueston Hennigan team, co-led by John Hueston and Moez Kaba, emerged victorious in a month-long trial. The jury unanimously found for Caltech on Dr. Roumi’s claims that the school had retaliated against him. Hueston Hennigan had previously obtained dismissal of claims of tortious interference. Dr. Roumi, who sought nearly $100 million in damages, was hired to work on a project funded by the Department of Energy, but ultimately failed.

The Hueston Hennigan team included John Hueston, Moez Kaba, Joe Reiter, and Michael Todisco.