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Law 2025: RUDENE MERCER HAYNES
RICHMOND OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER, HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH , RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Law 2025: RUDENE MERCER HAYNES
RICHMOND OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER, HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH , RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
In April, Hunton Andrews Kurth named Haynes managing partner of its Richmond office.
Co-leader of the servicer advance financing practice, Haynes has worked at Hunton since 1999, following her graduation from the University of Texas School of Law. Also a University of Virginia graduate, she has represented Ginnie Mae, the federal government’s mortgage corporation, in its multiclass and mortgage-backed securities programs.
Haynes is also deeply involved in her community, having served on boards for YWCA Richmond and the VCU Massey Cancer Center. She also was a founding member of the Richmond & Henrico Public Health Foundation board. Over the past decade, she has won professional and civic accolades, including YWCA Richmond’s Outstanding Women Award and the Valentine museum’s Richmond History Maker Award.
WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: That I didn’t get a real driver’s license until two weeks before starting my first legal job as an associate at Hunton
PERSONAL MOTTO: Those who know me well know one of my favorite quotes is that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which is, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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