Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that partners Roland M. Juarez and Emily Burkhardt Vicente have been named to the annual Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys list by the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ).

The list honors attorneys recognized as outstanding professionals in the industry by the LABJ, based on their professional achievements, community leadership, milestones, and notable accomplishments throughout the last 12-18 months.

A partner in the firm’s labor and employment practice, Juarez handles high-stakes employment cases with his forward-thinking approach. His experience includes class action and collective actions, PAGA, non-compete, non-solicitation and employee raiding cases, discrimination, harassment, disability, and wage and hour cases. He has secured favorable trial and arbitration outcomes in wage and hour cases and various discrimination cases for clients in various industries across the US. Highly decorated for his well-known trial work, Juarez has been recognized on numerous lists for litigation and labor and employment by Daily Journal, LABJ and The Los Angeles Times, as well as being ranked by legal directories including Benchmark Litigation and Legal 500. This is Juarez’s fourth consecutive year being recognized among the Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys.

Co-chair of the firm’s labor and employment team, Vicente is an accomplished trial lawyer who has defended some of the largest Fortune 100 companies in high-stakes employment and wage-hour litigation and is experienced in taking hybrid class and collective action cases to jury trial. She also has a robust unfair competition, misappropriation, and employee raiding practice. In addition to her litigation practice, Vicente helps employers develop forward-thinking compliance practices that reduce wage and hour disputes and help mitigate other employment-related risks while keeping her client’s business goals firmly in mind. Emily’s clients trust her with their most sensitive, confidential and bet-the-company matters. Vicente has been ranked and recognized for her labor and employment contributions by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Benchmark Litigation.

View the LABJ’s full list of 2025 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys.