With its main headquarters in Atlanta, King & Spalding has more than a dozen offices across the US, and more overseas. The firm’s international presence makes it possible to try and manage cases around the world in multiple jurisdictions for corporate clients from trial to appeal. Its government matters team includes former US attorneys and senior officials from regulatory and enforcement organizations like the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration. The firm can lead clients through complex investigations brought by US and foreign enforcement agencies.
The firm has also made several key recruits in its New York office of late, first luring seasoned trial statesman
Randy Mastro in 2022 and, in 2023, adding Jennifer Recine, a quickly ascended younger star who made a name for herself at Kasowitz for her varied commercial litigation practice that includes an emphasis on real estate and distressed assets.
Ursula Henninger works out of both the Miami and Charlotte offices. Her practice specialized in product liability and mass torts. She often handles cases that involve allegations of corporate misconduct and claims for punitive damages, representing companies in cases including tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and other industries. In the past year, Henninger represented R.J. Reynolds in two cases in Miami. In the first, she gave the closing arguments before a jury that reached a verdict in favor of the client, rejecting the plaintiff's $15 million demand. She also retried and reversed an Engle progeny case in which the plaintiff was originally awarded $41 million.
In Texas, Tracie Renfroe is co-leader of the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts litigation group. She has defended clients in class actions, arbitrations, and administrative agency proceedings, and her skill, with clients in the pharmaceutical and energy sectors, in presenting complex scientific and technical issues to judges and juries is key. Renfroe is one of the lead attorneys defending the energy company Baker Hughes, which had a flow and process technology facility in Louisiana that plaintiffs allege contaminated the surrounding groundwater, soil, and air with trichloroethene. So far, Renfroe has successfully defeated multiple motions for class certification and is preparing for trial.
In Texas and New York, Mike Stenglein is the chair of the firm’s global construction and engineering disputes practice. His concentration falls under complex business disputes, usually in the construction and private equity sectors. Reficar, a Colombian state-owned oil refinery, has been in a long-running dispute over construction costs with McDermott International, a construction company. Stenglein was one of the lead partners to help win a $900 million award for Reficar in an arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce.
Morty Dubin’s New York practice includes product liability, toxic and environmental torts, and class action defense. He has experience with mass torts and asbestos claims. In the past year, Dubin won a jury verdict for Johnson & Johnson concluding that its baby powder talc product did not cause the plaintiff’s ovarian cancer. In another case, he won a defense verdict for Union Carbide by convincing the jury to reject a mesothelioma wrongful-death claim brought on behalf of a deceased worker.
Alvin Lee’s clients are often in the financial services, energy, chemical, and technology sectors. His practice includes energy and infrastructure projects and commercial litigation. He was the co-lead attorney representing JP Morgan in a suit brought by Canadian Breaks, a wind farm in Texas. Canadian Breaks alleges that a force majeure provision excused its performance during winter storm Uri. A judge granted a summary judgement, concluding that the storm did not constitute force majeure under the hedge agreement between JPMorgan and Canadian Breaks.
