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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 22, 2020
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
Grace Speights of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped PBS to victory in a #MeToo case involving talk show host Tavis Smiley, and has been counseling employers on how to respond to calls for racial equality in their companies, earning her a nod as a 2020 Law360 Trials MVP.
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October 22, 2020
MVP: King & Spalding's Jim Boswell
King & Spalding LLP partner Jim Boswell successfully defended Prime Healthcare against allegations that it submitted false claims, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 22, 2020
MVP: Wiley's Robert DeFrancesco
Wiley Rein LLP's Robert DeFrancesco helped Nucor Corp. secure larger anti-dumping tariffs against Indian steel imports and aided American producers' efforts to reimpose national security duties on Canadian aluminum, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 22, 2020
MVP: Morgan & Morgan's Rene Rocha
Rene Rocha of Morgan & Morgan's environmental practice has made a name for himself defending the little guys, including when he helped soybean farmers secure a $400 million deal to settle claims that Monsanto's weedkiller dicamba ruined their crops, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Shukie Grossman
Shukie Grossman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP raised $14.75 billion for Leonard Green & Partners LP and represented TCG Capital Management in the formation of its first private equity fund, which raised $710 million, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Hunton's Ann Marie Mortimer
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's Ann Marie Mortimer served as lead counsel for high-profile clients including Facebook and Yahoo and guided them through favorable negotiated settlements in headline-grabbing cases ranging from consumer class actions to data breach suits, making her one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Latham & Watkins' Andrew Clubok
Latham & Watkins LLP's Andrew Clubok secured a trial win for disenfranchised Black and Latino voters who were effectively blocked from seeing their preferred candidates on the school board of a racially segregated school district, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Trials MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Jones Day's Alexis S. Gilroy
Alexis S. Gilroy of Jones Day helped virtual diabetes clinic Onduo build out its telehealth offerings across the U.S., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Wiley Rein's Kathy Kirby
Wiley Rein LLP's Kathy Kirby took the lead on two major broadcast mergers worth collectively over $7 billion and helped negotiate a compliance program for broadcast stations that fell behind on political advertising reporting requirements, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Davis Polk's Brian Resnick
Brian M. Resnick led a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP team that advised Dean Foods Co., one of the largest milk producers in the U.S., through its Chapter 11 process, during which it sold its assets to several buyers including the Dairy Farmers of America despite the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Earthjustice's David Henkin
David Henkin of Earthjustice scored a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a long-running Clean Water Act case that ensures polluters aren't handed a giant loophole to get around the law, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 21, 2020
MVP: Sidley's Eric Solovy
Eric Solovy of Sidley Austin LLP successfully represented clients including Qatar and the European aerospace manufacturer Airbus in cases before the World Trade Organization, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Fried Frank's Richard I. Ansbacher
Richard I. Ansbacher of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's asset management practice guided record-breaking closings for Permira's €11 billion seventh buyout fund, Dyal Capital Partners' $9 billion Fund IV and BlackRock's $5.1 billion GEPIF III fund, making him one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Barnes & Thornburg's Christine Sohar Henter
Christine Sohar Henter of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's international trade practice led U.S. tilemakers to victory in placing tariffs on $480 million worth of unfairly traded imports, saved a small business from bankruptcy, and participated in the firm's ongoing monitoring of Chinese tech giant ZTE Corp., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Hooper Lundy's Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson of Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC helped a nursing home management company secure a big win in a dispute with a California health regulator involving tens of millions of dollars in withheld reimbursements, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Crowell & Moring's Gabriel M. Ramsey
Crowell & Moring LLP partner Gabriel M. Ramsey guided Microsoft through a massive global effort to disrupt a network of millions of computers infected with malicious software and has helped the tech giant seize control of fraudulent websites used by suspected nation-state hackers to steal personal data, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Pantelis Michalopoulos
Over the past year, Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Pantelis Michalopoulos helped Dish Network lock down a massive pact to be the next major wireless carrier as part of the blockbuster Sprint/T-Mobile merger, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Bracewell's Ann D. Navaro
Ann D. Navaro is co-leading a Bracewell LLP team that persuaded a federal judge to reject multiple efforts by cities, counties and others to halt construction on a major natural gas pipeline project in West Texas, landing her among Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVPs: Kirkland's Mike De Vries & Adam Alper
In just 18 months, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Mike De Vries and Adam Alper scored nearly $1.3 billion in verdicts and public settlements across three cases, including a key win on behalf of Motorola Solutions in a trade secret row with competitor Hytera, landing them among Law360's 2020 Trial MVPs.
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October 20, 2020
MVP: Cravath's Paul H. Zumbro
Paul H. Zumbro of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's bankruptcy practice steered California electric utility PG&E's $50 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy and related wildfire settlements, as well as the contentious bankruptcy of the Weinstein Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's Jimmy Slaughter
Beveridge & Diamond PC's Jimmy Slaughter defended a landfill owner against hundreds of millions of dollars in fees desired by Los Angeles County and helped a waste-to-energy company sink Baltimore's attempt to clamp down on air emissions, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Environmental MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVPs: Irell's Lisa Glasser & Jason Sheasby
Irell & Manella LLP's Lisa Glasser and Jason Sheasby secured three nine-figure patent verdicts for their financial services and tech clients in the past year, making the duo Law360 Trials MVPs for 2020.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: BakerHostetler's Casie D. Collignon
BakerHostetler's Casie D. Collignon helped set precedent that could let data breach defendants steer future litigation to friendlier venues when she won dismissal of a lawsuit stemming from a cyberattack at a shareholder communications company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: Debevoise's Maura Kathleen Monaghan
Maura Kathleen Monaghan of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented former directors and shareholders of Purdue Pharma in nationwide litigation over the prescription opioid crisis, securing her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Health Care MVPs.
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October 19, 2020
MVP: DLA Piper's Edward Smith
DLA Piper's Edward "Smitty" Smith steered public interest elements of the blockbuster merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, helping the telecom giants formulate mobile plans and other initiatives to reach communities in need and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Telecommunications MVPs.