Litigation Leaders: Moez Kaba on Hueston Hennigan’s ‘Trial Lawyers Above All Else’ Approach and New York Expansion

Meet Moez Kaba, who earlier this year became just the second managing partner of Los Angeles-based litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan, while also helping launch the firm’s second office in New York City. Kaba, a co-founding partner of the firm, succeeded Brian Hennigan, who led the firm from its founding after a spinoff from Irell & Manella in 2015.

Litigation Leaders – Moez Kaba Q&A

With “High-Impact Heavy Trial Wins” and a “Deep Bench of Stars,” Hueston Hennigan Wins US Trial Firm of the Year and US Boutique of the Year

At the awards ceremony, Benchmark Litigation awarded Hueston Hennigan with three awards, commending the firm’s “deep bench of stars and broadly admired trial skills:”

US Trial Firm of the Year
US Boutique Firm of the Year
California Firm of the Year

Benchmark commended Hueston Hennigan’s multi-year record of “high-impact heavy trial wins,” and noted that “to amplify its already national presence,” the firm has “recently launch a New York office to further is trial-forward agenda.”

After months of peer-and-client-review-based research and hundreds of submissions to review, Benchmark Litigation arrived at this year’s USA Awards. The awards recognize “the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the past twelve months. After months of peer review-based research and submission reviews, the Benchmark team set out to uncover the most impactful cases, the lawyers and law firms behind them, and the litigators who have paved the way.”