The firm has been shortlisted for “Tech Industry Litigation Department of the Year,” and Moez Kaba has been named an “Entertainment Lawyer of the Year” finalist. Christy Rayburn has been selected among The Recorder’s “Women Leaders in Tech Law (Litigation).” Winners for the first two honors will be announced at the awards ceremony on June 24.
Author: Jason Armstrong
Kaba and Mishra Score DJ CLAY Award
CLAY Awards honor legal teams behind “verdicts that rewrote the record books, settlements that reshaped industries and rulings that will echo through courtrooms for decades.”
Hueston Hennigan Scores Complete Victory for FAT Brands
The firm previously got the indictment dismissed by the DOJ. The team included Vicki Chou, Brian Hennigan, Thomas Zaccaro, Michael Purpura, Bram Alden, Alexis Blackmore, Khoa Nguyen, Lisa Chen and Collin Yeung.
Chou Honored Among LABJ’s ‘Top 100 Lawyers’
The list honors the “top law professionals in Los Angeles” for their “ongoing efforts as outstanding legal stewards.” Ms. Chou’s profile is here.
Zaccaro, Vo and Tan Publish Article on SEC Disgorgement Remedy
The article looks at legal arguments relating to the SEC’s disgorgement remedy and the U.S. Supreme Court’s seeming reluctance to limit it. The article is here.
Hueston, Jackson and Kaba Named DJ ‘Leading Commercial Litigators’
This highly competitive list honors 100 California attorneys who have “built careers on bet-the-company cases – with outcomes that matter for their clients, their industries and the law itself.” Hueston Hennigan had the most honorees of any firm on the list.
Their profiles are here, here and here (subscription required).
Nine Attorneys Named Southern California Rising Stars
- Karen Ding
- Craig Fligor
- Brittani Jackson
- Lauren Johnson
- Emily Michael Munson
- Sourabh Mishra
- Joseph Reiter
- Samantha Schnier
- Michael Todisco
To be eligible, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. While up to 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
Eight Hueston Hennigan Attorneys Named to Legal 500 ‘US Elite’ List
The list honors attorneys handling “high quality, market-leading work” in their respective regions across the country. Mr. Dixon, Mr. Hueston, Mr. Kaba and Mr. Reiter were recognized for Commercial Disputes; Mr. Camp, Ms. Chou and Mr. Hennigan were recognized for White Collar Crime; and Mr. Klieger was recognized for Media and Entertainment.
Hueston Hennigan Shortlisted for Multiple 2026 Benchmark Litigation Awards
The firm was shortlisted for:
- National Trial Firm of the Year
- National General Commercial Firm of the Year
- California Firm of the Year
- National Trial Lawyer of the Year (John Hueston)
- General Commercial Litigator of the Year (John Hueston)
Based on months of peer review-based research and hundreds of submissions, Benchmark’s awards honor the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for exemplary work over the past year.
The awards ceremony will take place March 11 at Guastavino’s in New York.
Ding and Xiao Selected to LABJ’s Top Minority Attorneys List
The list features “standout minority attorneys considered to be particularly impactful on the legal scene while serving as trusted advisors in the LA region.” The special issue can be found here (subscription required).