For a list of our practice areas and definitions of what falls into each one, click here. (Please note not all of these areas are recognized in our awards - see the list of practice areas for each award below.)
The Law360 Annual Law Firm Headcount Survey
U.S. law firms (or vereins with a U.S. component) will be asked to complete a survey on their U.S. attorney headcount and provide demographic breakdowns of their attorney workforce as of Dec. 31, 2019. The survey supports Law360's deep dives into the U.S. law firm market and examines law firm growth by headcount over time.
Law360 also uses this survey to examine the diversity of the largest law firms in the U.S. at both the associate and partner levels and produce the Glass Ceiling and Diversity Snapshot reports.
Those two reports examine the overall landscape of the U.S. private practice market for female and minority attorneys, and spotlight law firms with exemplary diversity strategies.
Additional details and a copy of the survey will be available before the survey is opened to participants Feb. 18. The survey is due by 8 p.m. Eastern time/5 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, April 7.
Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
For the third year in a row, Law360 is planning a series of profiles on influential members of the plaintiffs bar who have had significant achievements over the past year. Submissions should include a listing of significant cases filed and wins scored over the past year, as well as an explanation of what distinguishes this attorney and what his or her influence has been. The submission form will also ask for details like the practice area the attorney typically works in and the attorney's academic background. Additionally, we ask applicants to list advocates who can be contacted for perspective on what it's like to litigate alongside this attorney.
Submissions should include a listing of significant cases filed and wins obtained from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. Attorneys who won this award in 2019 are not eligible for 2020 recognition.
The call for submissions for this series will be sent out Jan. 13, and submissions will be due at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on Feb. 21. The series will tentatively begin publishing in April.
Rising Stars
Law360 is looking for the top legal talent under 40 to be featured in its 2020 Rising Stars series.
Nominations will be accepted for attorneys in the following practice areas: Appellate; Banking; Bankruptcy; Benefits; Cannabis; Capital Markets; Class Action; Competition/Antitrust; Compliance; Construction; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Employment; Energy; Environmental; Fintech; Fund Formation; Government Contracts; Health Care; Hospitality; Immigration; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; International Trade; Life Sciences; Media & Entertainment; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Sports & Betting; Structured Finance; Tax; Technology; Telecommunications; Transportation; Trials; and White Collar.
Your submission should include the nominee's name, his or her age, and a brief explanation as to why this attorney should be featured in our series. We welcome international and U.S.-based attorneys who are under 40 as of April 30, 2020.
Attorneys are not eligible for this award if they have ever won it before.
The call for submissions for this series will be sent out Feb. 24, and submissions will be due at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on April 15. The series will tentatively begin publishing in July.
MVPs of the Year
Law360 will profile the attorneys who had the biggest wins and made the most significant contributions to their practice groups in the past year.
We will accept nominations for attorneys in the following practice areas: Appellate; Banking; Bankruptcy; Benefits; Cannabis; Capital Markets; Class Action; Competition/Antitrust; Compliance; Construction; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Employment; Energy; Environmental; Fintech; Fund Formation; Government Contracts; Health Care; Hospitality; Immigration; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; International Trade; Life Sciences; Media & Entertainment; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Sports & Betting; Structured Finance; Tax; Technology; Telecommunications; Transportation; Trials; and White Collar.
The call for submissions for this series will be sent out June 15, and submissions will be due at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on August 3. This series will begin publishing in late September.
Submissions should provide a concise description of the attorney's achievements from Sept. 1, 2019, through the deadline for submission.
Practice Groups of the Year
Law360 will profile those practice groups that worked on the biggest deals or achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases. We will profile firms for each of the following practice areas: Appellate; Banking; Bankruptcy; Benefits; Cannabis; Capital Markets; Class Action; Competition/Antitrust; Compliance; Construction; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Employment; Energy; Environmental; Fintech; Fund Formation; Government Contracts; Health Care; Hospitality; Immigration; Insurance; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; International Trade; Life Sciences; Media & Entertainment; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project Finance; Real Estate; Securities; Sports & Betting; Structured Finance; Tax; Technology; Telecommunications; Transportation; Trials; and White Collar.
The call for submissions for this series will be sent out on Aug. 17, and submissions will be due at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on Sept. 25. This series will tentatively begin publishing in mid-November.
Each submission should detail the group's major successes from Oct. 15, 2019, through the deadline for submission.
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