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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.  

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • October 19, 2020

    MVP: Cleary's Lisa Schweitzer

    Lisa Schweitzer is helping Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP guide Latin America's largest airline through a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • October 19, 2020

    MVP: Cleary's Liza Lenas

    Liza Lenas of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's fund formation practice represented KKR in the formation of its $1.3 billion inaugural social impact fund and a then-unit of TPG on a $2.2 billion technology fund, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 19, 2020

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's J. David Park

    Arnold & Porter's J. David Park helped free major South Korean steel producers from anti-dumping tariffs and led the team that won the first-ever appeal of duties issued under a 2015 law empowering the U.S. to address market distortions in certain trade investigations, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 International Trade MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli

    Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP led the team representing Twentieth Century Fox in litigation against Netflix over the streaming giant's "brazen campaign" to recruit Fox executives, and won the dismissal of all claims in half-billion-dollar multidistrict litigation against renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Worcester's Joel Telpner

    Joel Telpner of Sullivan & Worcester LLP's fintech practice is steering the development of the world's first sovereign digital currency and advising a novel blockchain platform that allows users to monetize, borrow and lend cryptocurrency assets, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Fintech MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler

    Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn LLP continued battering down the legal ramparts of the NCAA's "amateurism" rules with a major victory in the Ninth Circuit this year, while helping the NFL, MLB and NBA player unions navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, securing his spot as one of Law360's 2020 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Steven Holley

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Steven Holley helped Fiat Chrysler defeat a bombshell racketeering lawsuit from rival automaker General Motors and navigate antitrust concerns in connection with its $50 billion merger with French automaker PSA Groupe, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Transportation MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: Weil's Amy Rubin

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Amy Rubin has counseled WPX Energy, Eli Lilly, AK Steel, Culligan International and Willis Towers Watson on the executive compensation and benefits aspects of billion-dollar corporate transactions they've been involved in this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.

  • October 16, 2020

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Karen Dunn

    Karen Dunn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP recently secured victories for Uber in New York City and in Boston as the transportation company beat back attempts to curb its burgeoning business in those locations, hailing a spot on the list of Law360's 2020 Technology MVPs.

  • October 15, 2020

    MVP: Munger Tolles' Rose Leda Ehler

    Rose Leda Ehler of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP secured a $62.4 million damages award on behalf of major movie studios against VidAngel Inc. for infringing hundreds of copyrights, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • October 15, 2020

    MVP: Wachtell's Jeannemarie O'Brien

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's Jeannemarie O'Brien demonstrated her dexterity in handling complicated executive compensation and employee benefits matters in United Technologies' merger with Raytheon and BB&T's $66 billion tie-up with SunTrust Banks, landing her among Law360's 2020 Benefits MVPs.