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- 1901: Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson is founded to provide Virginia with a full-service law firm that can compete with the best in the nation.
- 1904: The firm takes on its first electric utility company as a client, beginning its historic practice in energy.
- 1910: In addition to utilities, the firm represents railroads, banks, insurance companies and energy companies such as Standard Oil.
- 1920s: Partner Henry Anderson serves in the administrations of Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover.
- 1930s: Anderson becomes a legend in the railroad industry, at one point reorganizing the financial structure of five large railroads at the same time. Partner Edmund Preston gains a national reputation in labor law.
- 1934: The firm counsels the New York Stock Exchange in hearings on the new Securities Exchange Act.
- 1935: The firm represents the utilities industry before Congress and raises its profile nationally.
- 1943: Hunton & Williams hires its first women associates, Sarah Geer Dale and Nan Ross McConnell.
- 1950: The firm consists of 10 partners and one associate, nicknamed "Atlas."
- 1951: The firm's size doubles, to 22 lawyers.
- 1950s: Recognizing the increasing specialization of the law, the firm organizes teams in labor, tax and litigation.
- 1955: Partners Lewis Powell Jr. and George Gibson draft the firm's first formal partnership agreement since the early 1900s. It begins, "The practice of the law is a service to society. While an aid to business, it is concerned also with the public welfare."
- 1967: Hunton & Williams opens its second office, in Washington, DC.
- 1972: Lewis F. Powell Jr., one of the firm's senior partners, is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1976: The name of the firm is fixed as "Hunton & Williams." The firm employs 112 lawyers.
- 1979: The firm opens its third office, in Norfolk, to accommodate firm clients.
- 1980: The firm establishes its North Carolina presence by merging with Joyner & Howison, in Raleigh.
- 1983: Knoxville office opens.
- 1984: The New York office opens.
- 1984: The firm reaches into Northern Virginia, to the "technology corridor" near Tysons Corner in McLean.
- 1986: The firm grows to 349 lawyers in seven offices.
- 1988: Atlanta office opens in the business capital of the South.
- 1989: Hunton & Williams becomes an international firm with the opening of its Brussels office.
- 1990: Hunton & Williams opens an office devoted exclusively to pro bono work in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood.
- 1994: The Hong Kong office establishes the firm's presence in Asia.
- 1995: Charlotte becomes the firm's second office in North Carolina.
- 1999: New offices in London and Miami place the firm at two more major crossroads of international finance and trade.
- 1999: The American Bar Association honors Hunton & Williams with its Pro Bono Publico Award.
- 2000: More than 680 Hunton & Williams attorneys work in 15 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
- 2001: The firm celebrates its centennial.
- 2002: Hunton & Williams combines with Worsham Forsythe Wooldridge LLP, adds Dallas and Austin offices.
- 2003: Hunton & Williams registers as a limited liability partnership. Singapore office opens.
- 2003: More than 850 Hunton & Williams LLP attorneys work in 17 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
- 2004: Robert J. Grey Jr. becomes President of the American Bar Association.
- 2005: A representative office opens in Beijing, China to provide ground-level support in Asia-Pacific Rim area.
- 2005: Hunton & Williams partners with the University of Virginia Law School to provide pro bono services in Charlottesville area.
- 2005: Houston office opens.
- 2006: Firm selects Walfrido J. Martinez as new Managing Partner, first Hispanic American to serve in this position.
- 2006: New office in Los Angeles puts firm on West Coast.
- 2007: Texas presence expands with the addition of nearly 100 lawyers and a new office in Austin.
- 2007: More than 1,000 Hunton & Williams attorneys work in 19 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
- 2008: San Francisco becomes the firm's second office in California.
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