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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.
  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Adam Golden

    Adam Golden of Hogan Lovells has been involved in several high-profile life science deals over the last year — including the $9 billion acquisition of Juno Therapeutics by Celgene, one of the largest biotech companies in the country, and Novartis' $8.7 billion acquisition of AveXis Inc. — landing him a spot among Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Fox Rothschild's Patrick J. Egan

    Fox Rothschild LLP partner Patrick J. Egan used his trial chops to get an executive out of a $1 million tax mess and negotiated a creative resolution in another tax case with three degrees of separation from President Donald Trump, making him one of Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Proskauer's Bart Williams

    Bart Williams of Proskauer Rose LLP convinced a California court to throw out a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder product liability case, making him one of Law360's 2018 Trials MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey L. Kessler

    Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey L. Kessler has shown yet again why he's one of the most feared and respected lawyers in sports over the past year, as he helped NFL players assert their rights to protest during the national anthem and spearheaded a landmark antitrust bench trial against the NCAA, securing him a place as one of Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: O'Melveny's Eric Richards

    Eric Richards, partner and co-chair of O'Melveny & Myers LLP's project finance and development group, tackled a string of high-profile deals in the last year, like the revitalization of the Los Angeles International Airport, adeptly raking in major deals from road and transit systems to seaports and earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Latham's Greg Rodgers

    New York-based Latham & Watkins LLP partner Greg Rodgers helped steer Spotify through a headline-making direct listing, all while juggling the rest of his busy practice, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Jeremy C. Marwell

    Vinson & Elkins LLP's Jeremy C. Marwell has helped clients in the energy industry defend project approvals and challenge federal regulations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's so-called sham recycling rule, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Kilpatrick Townsend's S. Joel Cartee

    S. Joel Cartee of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has spent the year managing major transactions for AT&T Inc., including a deal giving the telecom giant a bump in the 5G wireless market, landing him a spot among Law360's 2018 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Mayer Brown's David A. Carpenter

    Mayer Brown LLP's David A. Carpenter worked closely with Nestle this past year, advising the food giant as it expands its health and wellness portfolio and takes on a $7.15 billion tie-up with Starbucks while trimming its confectionery business, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Food & Beverage MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Arturo Gonzalez

    Arturo Gonzalez of Morrison & Foerster LLP filled his plate this year with complex and high-profile trials, securing a favorable settlement for Uber in its industry-defining trade secrets dispute with Google over self-driving cars, landing him among Law360's 2018 Trials MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew J. Levander

    Andrew J. Levander of Dechert LLP represented Robert Diamond, the former chairman of Barclays, successfully defending him from a class action over the bank's dark pool trading operations and in a criminal investigation over financings with Qatari investors among other matters, once again earning him a spot as one of Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michele Farquhar

    Michele Farquhar has hatched a deal to allow satellite operators to free up some of the much-coveted C-band spectrum for wireless coverage and spent the last decade bringing positive train control to the railway industry in the U.S., earning her a spot among Law360's 2018 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen

    Lori Cohen, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig's global litigation practice and chair of the firm's trial practice group, spearheaded big wins for life sciences clients in the past year, including the Seventh Circuit's rejection of state lawsuits in national litigation over eye drop doses, earning her a spot among Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Inosi Nyatta

    Inosi Nyatta of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has experience working on significant energy sector deals around the world, including refinancing part of a liquified natural gas project in Australia and advising on a major expansion of an LNG facility in Texas, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore Leopold

    Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC racked up a number of impressive wins this year, in one case swatting down an effort by DuPont to escape a class action over allegations it dumped hazardous chemicals into the water supply while lying to regulators, earning him honors as one of Law360's 2018 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Davis Polk's Richard Truesdell

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Richard Truesdell steered a wide gamut of groundbreaking deals over the past year, from guiding financial advisers on streaming giant Spotify's direct listing to less eye-catching but complex initial public offerings like that of Goosehead Insurance Inc., which used a special tax structure, landing him among Law360's 2018 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Kevin Kennedy

    Kevin Kennedy, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's capital markets and corporate practices, had a hand in several of this year's highest-profile initial public offerings, including Dropbox and Sonos, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Technology MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Matthew McGill

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Matthew McGill doesn't describe himself as a sports lawyer, but his part on the team that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to make its historic decision to lift the bar for nationwide legalized sports gambling has nevertheless won him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William A. Burck

    William A. Burck of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP found himself in the eye of the hurricane surrounding the production of documents in the contentious confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this year, making him one of Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Stephanie Sheridan

    Stephanie Sheridan, the head of Steptoe & Johnson LLP's retail and e-commerce practice group, has scored major victories in pricing suits and other class actions for big-name clients such as L.L. Bean, FedEx and REI, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Irell & Manella's Jason Sheasby

    Jason Sheasby of Irell & Manella LLP picked up superlative trial wins on both offense and defense this year, successfully shutting down a $2.5 billion verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc. just a few months before securing a $400 million verdict against Samsung, a record that earned him a spot among Law360's 2018 Trials MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Christopher Chorba

    Christopher Chorba, the co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's class action practice group, defeated class certification for Aetna Inc. and Yahoo and secured the dismissal of suits against Express Scripts Inc. and Toyota this past year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp

    Brad Karp of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is the NFL's go-to attorney who helped the league avoid a lawsuit from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and also conducted an internal investigation into a Twitter scandal for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: King & Spalding's Tracie Renfroe

    Tracie Renfroe, partner at King & Spalding, steered a ConocoPhillips affiliate toward a $380 million win and Chevron away from billion-dollar losses in disputes over Ecuador's natural resources, making her one of Law360's 2018 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nader Mousavi

    Nader Mousavi, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's intellectual property and technology group and head of its cybersecurity practice, led a team in helping a Google subsidiary launch independent companies from two of its successful technology projects and represented the analytics company Syntel Inc. in its acquisition for $3.57 billion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Technology MVPs.