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Washington — November 10, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP today announced Virginia Attorney General William C. Mims will become a partner of the firm when he leaves office in January 2010. Mims will join the firm in Washington and Richmond in the administrative law group, government relations practice. "We are privileged to have someone of Bill’s caliber join our firm," said Wally Martinez, the firm's managing partner. "Bill will be representing clients whose interests are affected by the legislative and executive branches of various state governments and the federal government, particularly in health care, competition, consumer protection, and energy."

Mims has a long history of service to the Commonwealth of Virginia. He recently was named co-chair of Governor-elect Bob McDonnell's transition team. Prior to his role as Virginia’s Attorney General, Mims served as Chief Deputy Attorney General from January 2006 until February 2009, in the Virginia Senate from 1998 to 2005, and in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 1997. He also served on Capitol Hill as Chief of Staff to Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Va). He holds law degrees from Georgetown University and George Washington University.

"I am pleased to be joining Hunton & Williams," said Mims. "I look forward to serving clients in Virginia, Washington, and nationwide. The firm's core values of excellence, integrity, and public service provide an excellent work culture."

The Hunton & Williams government relations team is comprised of lawyers and legislative professionals representing clients' interests at all levels of local, regional, national, and cross-border governing bodies in the United States and abroad. Members of the team include a former attorney general of Virginia, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, former legislators, former Cabinet and sub-Cabinet officials, former counsel to congressional committees, and lawyers whose legal careers have focused on legislation, administrative, and regulatory matters.

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Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to nearly 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services, and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.