Hueston Hennigan

Hueston Hennigan is a litigation boutique specialising in high-stakes business disputes and white collar criminal defence. The firm represents Fortune 500 companies, leading technology and energy firms and prominent individuals in bet-the-company matters, and handles white collar criminal cases for companies and individuals. Its work is trial-focused: cited results include a $293 million jury verdict and numerous high-profile cases tried in forums across the country.

The firm operates from three offices - Los Angeles, Newport Beach and New York - and fields a team of approximately 90 lawyers. It was founded by John Hueston and Brian Hennigan.

Recognition includes being named National Trials Group of the Year in consecutive years, along with rankings in Chambers, Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation.

Internally, the firm describes an elite, trial-focused culture centred on trying cases and training trial lawyers, and is known for disruptive strategies in complex litigation and criminal defence matters.