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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.
  • November 13, 2019

    MVP: Weil Gotshal's Jonathan Polkes

    Jonathan Polkes, co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's global litigation practice, scored a Tenth Circuit victory in the $4 billion litigation following Archstone-Smith Trust's acquisition and won Fifth Circuit approval of a settlement he negotiated for Willis Towers Watson as a result of the R. Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.

  • November 13, 2019

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth A. Cooper

    Elizabeth A. Cooper of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped steer Refinitiv in its $27 billion acquisition agreement with the London Stock Exchange and Oaktree in its $4.8 billion deal to sell a majority stake in its business to Brookfield Asset Management, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.

  • November 13, 2019

    MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell

    Floyd Mandell, the founder of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's intellectual property department and widely renowned trademark lawyer, recently brought in a key trademark victory for Gatorade, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 IP MVPs.

  • November 13, 2019

    MVP: Geyser's Daniel L. Geyser

    Daniel L. Geyser of Geyser PC handled four U.S. Supreme Court cases in a one-year period, securing victories before the high court in a securities suit over the private right of shareholders to sue and a dispute over bankruptcy protections for consumers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: MoFo's Brandon C. Parris

    Brandon C. Parris of Morrison & Foerster LLP guided a bevy of billion-dollar deals over the past year, including clearing regulatory hurdles as part of Sprint's $59 billion tie-up with T-Mobile, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: Finnegan's Douglas Rettew

    Douglas "Chip" Rettew of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP led the maker of Vagisil to victory in a trademark fight with a rival and helped secure a copyright win for the estate of a music legend, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 IP MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: Venable's Christopher P. Borello

    Christopher P. Borello of Venable LLP's life sciences practice worked against GlaxoSmithKline to secure an $89.7 million inhaler patent infringement verdict for U.K.-based Vectura Ltd. and helped Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals uphold a weight loss medication patent, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Brian W. Kittle

    Brian W. Kittle of Mayer Brown LLP helped Bank of America achieve a jurisdictional win in a tax refund dispute, and he separately assisted Cross Refined Coal in snagging a victory in Tax Court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Andrew Pincus

    Andrew Pincus of Mayer Brown LLP has argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices handed him a big win this year with a ruling restricting classwide arbitration claims, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 12, 2019

    MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Jeroen Van Kwawegen

    Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's securities practice has made a mission out of fighting for shareholders harmed by corporate wrongdoing and has racked up some big wins over the past year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.

  • November 08, 2019

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Bracewell's Ron I. Erlichman

    Ron I. Erlichman of Bracewell LLP helped close on the financing and equity arrangements for a $1.3 billion Ohio natural gas electric generation project this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matt Hurd

    Matt Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's life sciences practice shepherded Bayer through its record-breaking acquisition of Monsanto, worked on a merger that created a $1.75 billion generics pharmaceutical company and advised Amgen Inc. on a $10 billion stock offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Sidley Austin's Justin Savage

    Justin Savage of Sidley Austin LLP was able to help reach a settlement with The Sierra Club on a case over standards for formaldehyde in wood products, making him one of Law360's Environmental MVPs for 2018.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Jones Day's Christopher Morrison

    Christopher Morrison of Jones Day secured a jury win in June representing the Boston Red Sox against a fan hit by a foul ball at Fenway Park, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Skadden's Z. Julie Gao

    Z. Julie Gao of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP steered a bevy of blockbuster initial public offerings for Chinese issuers listing in the U.S. and Hong Kong in the past year, including smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp.'s $5.4 billion offering, which marked Hong Kong's first dual-class IPO, landing her among Law360's 2018 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 17, 2018

    MVP: Stueve Siegel's Patrick Stueve

    Patrick Stueve of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP was instrumental in guiding corn producers and others damaged by Syngenta's sales of genetically modified corn seed to a massive $1.51 billion settlement, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Food & Beverage MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Marc Mukasey

    Marc Mukasey of Greenberg Traurig LLP outmaneuvered the U.S. Department of Justice in two high-profile cases this year, including a jury acquittal in a speedy trial in which his client was facing up to 25 years in prison for commodities fraud, a feat that has landed him among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Timothy Bishop

    Mayer Brown LLP's Timothy Bishop prevailed in a jurisdictional dispute over the Obama-era Waters of the United States rule taking the matter to the Supreme Court for a definitive solution on the same day he had a second case accepted by the high court for review, making him one of Law360's 2018 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: O'Melveny's Irwin Raij

    Former White House associate counsel Irwin Raij of O'Melveny & Myers LLP played a key role in a record-breaking deal this year in the National Football League and closed a first-of-its-kind agreement to boost soccer promotion in the states, landing him among Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Skadden's Sean Doyle

    The beverage world got a profound shock when Sean Doyle of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped Keurig Green Mountain acquire Dr Pepper Snapple Group, creating a $26 billion drink behemoth that landed Doyle among Law360's 2018 Food & Beverage MVPs. 

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marisa D. Stavenas

    Marisa D. Stavenas of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered several complex financing transactions on behalf of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., which refinanced bonds via loans from Blackstone Group LP's global credit arm, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Kirkland's Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay Lefkowitz convinced the Fourth Circuit that a Maryland drug pricing law violates the dormant commerce clause and is therefore unconstitutional, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott Delacourt

    Scott Delacourt, a Wiley Rein LLP partner and chair of the firm's Federal Trade Commission practice group, has established himself as a leader on the hot-button policy topics of TCPA interpretation and connected-vehicle spectrum allocation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Kaplan Kirsch's Adam Giuliano

    Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP partner Adam Giuliano steered Colorado's transportation authority to the speedy closing of a $1.2 billion deal to revamp a Denver highway and is leading Chicago through a one-of-a-kind project funded by Elon Musk's company for ultra-modern airport transit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Project Finance MVPs.