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What Distinguishes Hughes Hubbard and Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. Office?
Hughes Hubbard
- Hughes Hubbard is listed among the top 20 law firms in the “A-List,” “the nation’s elite,” according to The American Lawyer.
- “One of the best 20 law firms to work for,” according to the Vault.
- The firm has outstanding diversity scores. We are ranked No. 1 in diversity according to Multicultural Magazine.
Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. Office
- Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. office combines the resources of a top-tier New York law firm with all the benefits of a small, collegial environment.
- We provide the ability to work on a variety of challenging domestic and international matters.
- The firm’s practice group leaders of the Appellate, International Arbitration, International Trade, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry, and Securities Regulation and Enforcement Groups reside in our Washington office.
- We provide excellent training programs and hands-on experience. Junior associates assume responsibilities as early as possible and work closely with our partners and other senior attorneys.
- We are located in downtown Washington, D.C., a few blocks from the White House—a world of resources at your fingertips.
Practice Areas
We represent clients in the firm’s traditional practices but also have substantive regulatory specialties found in sophisticated Washington, D.C. practices. Significant areas include:
Litigation and Arbitration
We represent clients in high-stakes, complex litigation and arbitration across the United States and around the world. We handle cases, including class actions and multidistrict and multijurisdictional matters, at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts, and before federal agencies. Our wide-ranging litigation and arbitration expertise encompasses securities fraud class actions, shareholder litigation, accountant liability, antitrust, commercial and transactional disputes, constitutional law, administrative law and regulatory enforcement, intellectual property, product liability and toxic tort, food and drug law, and many other areas.
International Trade
We help clients with the full range of trade issues. We have particular expertise in U.S. export controls and trade sanctions regulations, antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, international government procurement, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. anti-boycott laws, and Customs issues. We represent clients at the Commerce, State, and Treasury Departments, as well as the International Trade Commission. We also litigate appeals before domestic courts, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panels, and the World Trade Organization.
Securities Regulation and Enforcement
We represent clients in investigations and litigation regarding securities, commodities and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities class action litigation, arbitrations, criminal proceedings, governmental inquiries and administrative proceedings by regulatory authorities. We also advise clients regarding compliance with securities regulatory requirements, including corporate disclosure, privacy regulations, and on-line regulatory issues.
Antitrust
Our antirust practice encompasses both litigation and counseling and deals with some of the most difficult problems facing American business today. We frequently appear in multi-defendant, industry-wide litigation, and regularly assume a leadership role in formulating defense strategy and representing the defense group in court. Our advisory practice works closely with in-house counsel and businesspeople to evaluate such strategic activities as pricing, marketing and distribution programs, mergers, joint ventures, and licensing arrangements. We also conduct antitrust audits, reviews, and compliance programs.
Corporate and Financial Services
Our areas of experience include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate advice, licensing, finance, and securities offerings. Clients include government entities such as the FDIC, SBA, HUD and VA in the disposition of assets such as loans, participations, mortgage servicing rights, securities and other interests in trusts, and special purpose vehicles.
Summer Associate Program
Summer associates in Washington have the opportunity to work side by side with nationally and internationally recognized attorneys in areas such as complex litigation, international arbitration, securities litigation and international trade. In recent years, summer associates have assisted in drafting briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, traveled both within and outside the United States to assist in international arbitration and litigation, prepared witnesses and attended testimony in an SEC hearing, and researched novel issues of international law.
Our summer associates also take part in broader firm activities such as the firm’s Trial Advocacy and Corporate Negotiations Workshops in New York.
We offer ample opportunities for summer associates to get to know our attorneys and become familiar with our office environment. In addition to work assignments, we host a variety of social activities during the summer. Last summer’s events included a rooftop reception at the Hay-Adams Hotel (overlooking the White House), a sailing trip in the Chesapeake, a bike tour of the D.C. monuments, a wine tasting, a cooking class, Nationals baseball games, dinners at partners’ homes, and many other informal events.
Interviews
Every year we visit approximately ten law schools throughout the country. We also welcome resumes from students from other law schools. In the past few years, we have interviewed candidates from the following law schools:
Pro Bono Work
We are proud of our long history of contributions to public service. We focus our pro bono efforts in areas involving constitutional, immigration and other social issues. We often work with national and local organizations to seek the broadest effect possible. In the past we have worked with:
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§ District of Columbia Bar
§ Human Rights First
§ Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum
Seekers
§ Legal Counsel for the Elderly
§ Members of the Senate and House of Representatives
§ National Congress of American Indians
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§ Neighborhood Legal Services
§ Operation Crackdown
§ Refugees International
§ Veterans Pro Bono Project
§ Volunteer Lawyers Association
§ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
§ Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
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Recently, summer associates worked on projects that ranged from preparing an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of members of Congress in Gonzales v. Oregon regarding Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, to representing a local resident of limited means who lost her home in a large-scale real estate “equity-stripping” fraud. Other projects included filing an amicus curiae brief in Mattaponi Indian Tribe v. Virginia on behalf of a coalition of Native American tribes in support of tribal sovereignty and filing an amicus curiae brief in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain on behalf of seventeen international jurists seeking to preserve the right to sue foreign officials who violate international law under the Alien Tort Claims Act.
How to Apply
Please forward a cover letter, resume, and transcript to:
Maria Marchioni
Director of Legal Recruitment
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
1775 I Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
marchion@hugheshubbard.com
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