WASHINGTON, DC: McGuireWoods Consulting, a public affairs firm, launched a crisis and litigation communications practice.

The new practice will be headed up by Jerry Kilgore, former Virginia Attorney General, and Mark Hubbard, former anchor and reporter with WWBT-12, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, VA.

Besides Washington, DC, McGuireWoods also has offices in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Illinois.