Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP
Walfrido “Wally” Martinez has rejoined Hunton & Williams LLP as the firm’s managing partner. Martinez was a founding partner of the firm’s Miami office, where he practiced until joining beverage maker Diageo in 2004. At Diageo, Martinez was senior vice president and general counsel for Diageo North America, responsible for all legal affairs of the multibillion-dollar division. Before joining Hunton & Williams in 1999, Martinez was a partner with Holland & Knight in Miami.
In returning to Hunton & Williams as managing partner, Martinez will be among the few Hispanic Americans to lead a major U.S.-based law firm. He will maintain offices in New York, Richmond, and Miami.
Martinez is a magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University. He earned his juris doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.