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Lewis Powell

“The practice of law is a service to society and nothing can be done as well by one as by a team,” says Douglas Granger (right) managing partner of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Richmond office, standing beside George Howell III, chair of the firm’s executive committee. Photo by Caroline Martin
Nov 29, 2021

Wind of change

Over its 120 years, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has seen — and made — a lot of history. Since a quartet of ambitious and talented Richmond attorneys joined forces in 1901 to start the law firm of Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson, the practice has not only produced an array of legal luminaries, including U.S. […]

Photo Illustration by Mark Jeffries
Jul 30, 2021

The Powell Memo

The Powell Memorandum has been praised and vilified, denounced as a blueprint for business to seize control of American life, and embraced as a way to protect liberty and free enterprise. Whether because of its lasting influence or alarming prescience, the Powell Memorandum has become one of the most important single documents in understanding the […]

Jul 30, 2021

The annotated Powell Memo

The Powell Memo has been described as “a call to arms for corporations” and “a corporate blueprint to dominate democracy.” On the 50th anniversary of the controversial memorandum penned by Virginia lawyer (and future U.S. Supreme Court Justice) Lewis Powell Jr. for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Business reprints the memo in its entirety, […]

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