Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney

What Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney does

HNRK (Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP) is a New York-based litigation boutique law firm founded in 1996 and operating as a Limited Liability Partnership with a single Midtown Manhattan office at One Grand Central Place. The firm provides sophisticated trial counsel across five core practice areas: Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insurance Recovery Litigation & Counseling, Employment Counseling & Litigation, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations, and Appellate Practice, supported by sub-practices in Construction Industry, Non-Compete/Trade Secret litigation, and Labor Law. The firm's attorneys are trained at elite national firms (White & Case, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Mintz Levin, Nixon Peabody) and government agencies (SEC Division of Enforcement, U.S. District Court clerkships), and the firm has been consecutively recognized as a Benchmark Litigation Top Boutique nationally for 8 years (2019-2026) and by Chambers USA for Insurance Dispute Resolution: Policyholder for 4 consecutive years. The firm is certified as a New York State Women-Owned Law Firm and is led by Co-Managing Partners Dorothea W. Regal and Fredric S. Newman.

HNRK serves enterprise and institutional clients in their highest-stakes matters, including Syngenta (insurance coverage litigation for $170M+ in losses), the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (precedent-setting Second Avenue Subway and $300M security system litigation), StoneX (coverage dispute), the Palm Restaurant shareholders ($120M judgment and $4.6M in fees), and a financial services firm (multimillion-dollar jury verdict against Mastercard). The firm's signature offering is its Chambers-ranked, policyholder-only insurance recovery practice, which has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for corporate policyholders across environmental, D&O, E&O, EPLI, property, and business interruption lines.

The firm generates revenue through traditional professional services billing—primarily hourly fees and attorney retainers consistent with boutique litigation practice—without any disclosed technology platform, subscription product, or alternative fee structure. Client acquisition is driven by referral relationships, attorney professional networks, and the firm's prominent rankings with Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, and Legal 500, supplemented by thought-leadership content through two firm blogs (HNRK Coverage Corner for insurance coverage topics and Tariff Tactics, launched January 2026, for trade law). The firm operates a single office, relies on direct client engagement rather than resellers or marketplaces, and uses the Legus international network for cross-border referral reach.

Name

Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney

Legal name

Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP

Website

https://hnrklaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HNRK is a New York-based litigation boutique founded in 1996 providing sophisticated trial counsel in high-stakes commercial, insurance coverage, employment, white-collar defense, and appellate matters for enterprise and institutional clients nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Fee / Attorney Retainer: Traditional law firm billing for litigation counsel services, likely billed on an hourly basis consistent with boutique litigation practice. Some matters may involve contingency or fixed-fee arrangements depending on case type.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HNRK is a New York litigation boutique providing sophisticated trial counsel in commercial litigation, insurance recovery, employment law, and white collar defense matters for corporate, institutional, and government clients. The firm delivers full-service representation across federal and state courts nationwide, with a Chambers-ranked policyholder-only insurance coverage practice that has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients.

Product overview

Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney (HNRK) is a New York-based litigation boutique law firm operating as a single unified legal practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm offers comprehensive legal services organized around core practice areas including Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insurance Recovery Litigation & Counseling, Employment Counseling & Litigation, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations, and Appellate Practice. Supporting these core areas are specialized sub-practices such as Construction Industry, Non-Compete/Trade Secret Litigation, Labor Law, and Employment Advice/Counsel & Investigations. The firm also maintains two knowledge resource blogs—HNRK Coverage Corner for insurance coverage topics and Tariff Tactics for trade law matters—that demonstrate thought leadership in specific legal domains. The practice focuses on high-stakes complex matters for corporate and institutional clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HNRK Coverage Corner Blog: A blog focused on insurance coverage litigation and related legal developments.
• Tariff Tactics Blog

Products and services

• Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Litigation and arbitration services handling complex commercial cases across nearly every type of business dispute for corporate, institutional, and government clients nationwide.
• Insurance Recovery Litigation & Counseling Chambers-ranked policyholder-only insurance coverage practice that has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for policyholders across various insurance lines including pre-1986 occurrence policies, D&O, E&O, EPLI, property damage, and business interruption.
• Employment Counseling & Litigation Comprehensive employment law services covering counseling, workplace investigations, employment litigation, labor law compliance, and non-compete/trade secret matters for employers across industries.
• White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Representation of individuals and corporations facing complex government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, SEC and FINRA matters, internal investigations, and related civil and criminal actions.
• Appellate Practice High-stakes appeals in federal and New York state courts, providing strategic appellate advocacy from issue preservation through briefing and oral argument.
• Construction Industry Practice Counseling, litigation, and arbitration services for public and private clients in construction, engineering, and real estate on construction-related contract issues.
• Non-Compete, Trade Secret & Restrictive Covenant Litigation Representation in disputes involving misappropriation of trade secrets under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Defend Trade Secrets Act, restrictive covenants, and non-compete agreements for employers and employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered $120 million judgment plus $4.6 million in fees for licensing revenue dispute.
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LegusminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHNRK is a member of Legus, an international network of law firms providing 'global reach' for client referrals across jurisdictions. Legus enables HNRK to facilitate client referrals to equivalent law firms in other countries and receive international client referrals into HNRK for matters involving New York or U.S. law.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Getnick & Getnick LLP: New York boutique with a notable insurance recovery practice representing policyholders. Closely comparable to HNRK's Chambers-ranked insurance coverage practice and overlapping client segments.
• Stillman & Friedman LLP: New York litigation boutique with a strong white collar defense and government investigations practice. Comparable in boutique scale and white collar orientation; partial overlap with HNRK's white collar practice area.

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Lewis P.C. National labor and employment law firm with broad incumbent positioning in the employment litigation and counseling space. Comparable to HNRK's employment practice but at much greater scale and with employer-side exclusivity.
• Littler Mendelson P.C. Largest labor and employment law firm in the US, representing employers exclusively. Broad incumbent in employment law comparable to HNRK's employer-side employment practice, but with national footprint and far larger headcount.

Direct peers

• Boies Schiller Flexner LLP: National litigation boutique founded by David Boies, known for high-stakes commercial disputes, white collar defense, and trial work. Directly comparable to HNRK as a premium litigation boutique serving sophisticated corporate clients in bet-the-company matters.
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP: New York-based litigation boutique with a strong commercial litigation, employment, and white-collar practice serving large corporate clients. Direct peer in size, geography, and high-stakes litigation orientation.
• Anderson Kill: National law firm widely recognized for its policyholder-side insurance recovery practice. The closest direct competitor to HNRK's signature insurance recovery practice, with similar Chambers rankings and overlapping client base.
• Susman Godfrey LLP: Houston-founded national litigation boutique renowned for trial work in commercial disputes, IP, and antitrust. Direct peer in boutique positioning, trial-first culture, and premium client base.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Washington, DC-based litigation boutique with practices in commercial litigation, employment, and consumer protection class actions. Comparable boutique-scale litigation firm focused on plaintiff-side and complex civil matters.
• Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP: New York-based litigation boutique handling complex commercial, white collar, and securities matters for sophisticated clients. Direct comparable in size, NYC base, and high-stakes litigation focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/hnrklaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hoguet-newman-regal-&-kenney-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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