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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 06, 2018

    MVP: Boies Schiller's William Isaacson

    William A. Isaacson of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP won rounds, and battles, this year in major antitrust cases, including a major class action and a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him the title as one of Law360's 2018 Competition MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew Price

    Matthew Price of Jenner & Block LLP won court victories for programs in New York and Illinois that put in place incentives for nuclear power plants and secured a victory in the Illinois Supreme Court that helped define what counted as a utility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Weil's Paul Wessel

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Paul Wessel advised corporations on the executive compensation and benefits issues involved in several multibillion dollar transactions this year, leading an attorney team that helped companies navigate bankruptcies, restructurings and acquisitions and nabbing a spot on Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs in the process.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sharon Nelles

    Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP beat back challenges to Volkswagen AG's $10 billion emissions settlement at the Ninth Circuit and notched a series of wins for the German automaker in state suits that piled up in the wake of the deal's approval, landing her among Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali

    Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has been involved in several high-profile media and entertainment cases, including representing Fox News Network in a major case concerning copyright fair use law. These accomplishments have landed her among Law360's 2018 Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Susan Feigin Harris

    Susan Feigin Harris of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has gone to bat for children's hospitals, scoring wins for them this year in D.C. federal court and at the Fourth Circuit, helping vacate rules that limited the amount of Medicaid reimbursements those hospitals received and earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Health MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Marco Masotti

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's Marco Masotti skillfully guided Apollo Global Management to the close of the largest private equity fund ever raised and steered middle market and top-tier firms alike in closing multibillion dollar fundraising efforts of their own, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren

    BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren helped win a precedent-setting Seventh Circuit ruling that permanently stomped out common law claims filed against Missouri-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets Inc. by banks that issued cards affected by the company's 2012 data breach, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jonathan T. Stoel

    Jonathan T. Stoel of Hogan Lovells has been at the forefront of disputes over President Donald Trump's trade agenda, taking a challenge to tariffs imposed on Canadian solar products to the Federal Circuit and scoring a victory scrapping metal duties for Australia's only silicon producer, making him one of Law360's 2018 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 06, 2018

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Craig Holman

    Craig Holman of Arnold & Porter helped a British marine services firm settle a closely watched False Claim Acts case involving the U.S. government that drew headlines this past year, placing him among Law360's 2018 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Steven Reed

    Steven A. Reed of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored important wins this year for clients including drugmaker Shire PLC and ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. on questions about antitrust standing and injury, earning him a spot among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Skadden's Todd Freed

    Todd Freed of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped to guide several insurance M&A deals worth tens of billions of dollars over the past year, including some groundbreaking international transactions like AIG's $5.6 billion purchase of Bermuda-based Validus Holdings Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Darden

    Michael Darden, the chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's oil and gas practice group, represented Concho Resources Inc. in a $9.5 billion acquisition of fellow Permian Basin driller RSP Permian Inc. and handled a $2.6 billion sale of EnerVest Ltd.'s South Texas division, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Skadden's Joseph Yaffe

    Joseph M. Yaffe, the head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's West Coast executive compensation and benefits group, has counseled on large transactions, such as Juno Therapeutics' $9 billion acquisition by Celgene Corp. and represented high-profile clients like Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Sidley Austin's Michael Mallow

    Michael Mallow of Sidley Austin LLP has been representing some of the world's biggest automotive brands since the late 1990s, but with five major victories for Honda and Toyota in the past year, Mallow remains at the forefront of consumer protection issues facing the auto industry and has earned a spot among Law360's 2018 Automotive MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Andrew H. Bart

    Andrew H. Bart, the chair of Jenner & Block LLP's content, media and entertainment practice, brought a successful end to a long-running case involving Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Foley Hoag's Thomas Barker

    Thomas Barker, the co-chair of Foley Hoag LLP's health care group, got a law restricting the relationship between pharmacies and their benefit managers invalidated, and pushed the federal government to alter how it would determine a certain Medicare payment, earning him a spot as a Law360 Health MVP.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' David Dantzic

    David Dantzic, a Washington, D.C.-based partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, has helped steer private equity giant The Carlyle Group through multibillion-dollar deals, all while working to address an affordable housing crisis in the nation's capital, landing him a spot as one of Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Wiley Rein's Kara M. Sacilotto

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Kara M. Sacilotto played a key role in successfully protesting the U.S. Transportation Command's award of an $8 billion freight transportation contract and helped secure the contract for her firm's client, Crowley Logistics Inc., placing her among Law360's 2018 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michelle Kisloff

    Michelle Kisloff of Hogan Lovells had a successful year, helping to secure a favorable settlement for Anthem Inc. in multidistrict litigation that stemmed from a major data breach, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Covington's Shara Aranoff

    Shara Aranoff, a partner in Covington & Burling LLP's international trade practice, helped her Canadian clients secure victories before the U.S. International Trade Commission in investigations over imported aircraft jets and newsprint, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Anderson Kill's Robert Horkovich

    Anderson Kill PC's insurance recovery specialist Robert Horkovich has scored big wins over the past year for policyholders in major environmental and asbestos cases, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Alice Loughran

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Alice Loughran convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to hear BNSF Railway Co.'s dispute over the taxability of compensation for a former employee's lost time after a workplace injury, showcasing her zealous defense of railroads and landing her among Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame

    John Goodgame of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP handled major transactions in the oil and gas sector totaling more than $21 billion over the last year, driving deals for high-profile clients and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's George S. Cary

    George S. Cary of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP spent the past year at the top of the megamerger food chain, with a leading role on deals across varied industries with values in the tens of billions of dollars, netting him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Competition MVPs.