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Hueston Hennigan LLP

United States 2025
6
National Rankings
11
Metro Rankings
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General Information

24
Practice Areas
14
Individuals recognized in Best Lawyers
15
Client Comments
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Overview

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Hueston Hennigan LLP is a trial and litigation law firm specializing in high-stakes business disputes and white collar criminal defense. The firm, with offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach and New York, is recognized for the outstanding trials skills and creative problem-solving abilities of its attorneys. Led by two Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the firm has successfully tried dozens of cases in forums across the nation, achieving historic results in some of the country's most complex and challenging cases.

At Hueston Hennigan, our clients come first. We learn our clients’ businesses and objectives, understand their values and partner in their community endeavors. Confident of our results, we align our firm’s financial incentives with those of our clients by offering fee structures based on performance and client budgeting priorities. This comprehensive approach, combined with the rigor and excellence of our litigators, is why Hueston Hennigan is the first choice for demanding clients when everything is on the line.

Rankings

Hueston Hennigan LLP is nationally ranked in 6 practice areas and metro ranked in 8 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 1
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

Metro Rankings

Los Angeles
Tier 1 for Arbitration
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 1
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 2
Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 2 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 2 for Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Tier 2 for Media Law

Regional Rankings

Los Angeles
Tier 1 for Arbitration
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 1 for Media Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Orange County
Tier 1 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 for Litigation - Securities

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Antitrust Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • Environmental Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Media Law
  • Trade Secrets Law

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Hueston Hennigan LLP has 14 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Hueston Hennigan LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.
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Main Location

Los Angeles, CA
523 West Sixth Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90014
United States
213-788-4340 Get Directions

Office Locations

Newport Beach, CA
620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1300
Newport Beach, CA 92660
United States
949-229-8640 Get Directions
New York, NY
One Little West 12th Street
New York, NY 10014
United States
646-930-4046 Get Directions

Contacts

Director of Marketing
Elsa Weiss 949-274-7342
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