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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 04, 2018

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Todd Wozniak

    Todd Wozniak of Greenberg Traurig LLP scored a damages-free settlement for a company facing a $10 million proposed class action alleging it sold off shares held in an employee stock ownership plan too cheaply, an achievement that helped land him a spot among Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Davis Wright's Elizabeth McNamara

    Elizabeth McNamara of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has made a name for herself defending authors this year in several high-profile cases, landing her among Law360's 2018 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Andrew L. Bab

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Andrew L. Bab helped shepherd a complex deal that made waves in the health care space this year, working with private equity firms TPG Capital and Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe in a $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Health MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Kevin M. Schmidt

    Kevin M. Schmidt, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and co-head of the firm's private equity practice, has helped guide a plethora of multibillion-dollar private equity transactions over the past year, including a complicated $3.8 billion merger involving PE-backed public companies, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2018 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Li-Ming Wong

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Michael Li-Ming Wong proved his prowess for defending clients against data breach suits over the past year with accomplishments like guiding Uber to total victory in litigation stemming from unauthorized access of drivers' personal information, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Covington's David Fagan

    David Fagan of Covington & Burling LLP has notched U.S. government approval on major transactions for both foreign and domestic companies, including one of the largest Chinese investments under the Trump administration, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Crowell & Moring's Stephen J. McBrady

    Stephen J. McBrady of Crowell & Moring LLP secured several wins this past year, including in a high-profile case dealing with the issue of cost-sharing reduction payments owed by the federal government to insurers under the Affordable Care Act, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Susman Godfrey's Kalpana Srinivasan

    Kalpana Srinivasan of Susman Godfrey LLP has clinched multimillion dollar wins for her clients in several intellectual property disputes this year, including a $706 million jury verdict in a Texas trade secrets case, landing her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Cravath's Evan Chesler

    Evan R. Chesler of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP earned a win for American Express in front of the Supreme Court this year after a decade of work on a challenge to the credit card company's merchant rules, while also putting in time on important cases for Qualcomm and other clients, earning him a spot among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Pasich LLP's Kirk Pasich

    Although Kirk Pasich departed Liner LLP to launch his own firm, Pasich LLP, only last summer, he has not lost a step landing major wins for clients, from the First Circuit's holding that AIG must pay for Bill Cosby's defense in a defamation suit, to helping Dole Food Co. recoup millions from insurers after a groundbreaking shareholders' suit in Delaware, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Marc Trevino

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Marc Treviño helped Praxair Inc. handle the executive compensation aspects of its high-value merger with German gas giant Linde AG, landing himself a spot among Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs. 

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: O'Melveny's Robert Siegel

    Robert Siegel of O'Melveny & Myers LLP landed a precedent-setting win this year in defending American Airlines against a putative class of nearly 10,000 legacy American pilots contesting the merged airline's integrated seniority list, making him one of Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Weil's David Herman

    David Herman, a New York-based Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP real estate partner, helped steer Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc. through tens of billions of dollars in deals this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    Robert Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, who said his specialty is taking on corporate crises, won two rulings in the past year that provided novel defenses to companies targeted in securities litigation, successfully bringing three long-running cases to a close and earning a spot among Law360's 2018 Securities MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: BakerHostetler's Elliot Feldman

    Elliot Feldman of BakerHostetler helped the American newspaper industry avert a price hike on the cost of paper earlier this year by convincing the U.S. International Trade Commission to scrap proposed tariffs on Canadian imports of newsprint, earning him a place among Law360's 2018 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Weil's Ronit Berkovich

    Ronit Berkovich of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP played a key role this year in orchestrating Takata Corp.'s $1.6 billion sale after the Japanese auto parts maker filed for Chapter 11 on the heels of a massive airbag recall, making her one of Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Skadden's Howard Ellin

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Howard Ellin has steered some of the world's largest companies through transformational deals, like 21st Century Fox's $71.3 billion acquisition by the Walt Disney Co. and Cigna's $67 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefit management services company Express Scripts, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Gibbs Law Group's Eric Gibbs

    Gibbs Law Group LLP's Eric Gibbs launched his own firm after taking leadership posts and shaping the law in dozens of complex class actions, recently winning the largest data breach settlement in history at $115 million against health insurer Anthem Inc., landing him among Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Lynne Hermle helped tech giant Microsoft and social media outfit Twitter beat back gender discrimination class actions in the past year, landing her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs for the fourth time.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Susheel Kirpalani

    Susheel Kirpalani, partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, has advised the largest group of bondholders in Puerto Rico's restructuring as they maneuver a bankruptcy law he had a role in creating, making him one of Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Joseph Serino

    It's been a busy first year at Latham & Watkins LLP for Joseph Serino, who scored major wins for his clients, including zeroing out a multibillion-dollar JAMS arbitration action against Credit Suisse and defeating a class certification in a case alleging foreign exchange rate-rigging by Deutsche Bank, landing him among the five attorneys named as Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Amanda Amert

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Amanda Amert's banner year saw her amassing victories on behalf of Northwestern University, The Northern Trust Co., Aon Hewitt Financial Advisors LLC and Morningstar Inc. in Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action suits, making her one of Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sasan Mehrara

    Sasan Mehrara of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been involved in a number of high-profile private equity deals this year, including Blackstone's blockbuster $7.6 billion acquisition of Gramercy Property Trust, landing him among Law360's 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Thomas H. Dupree Jr.

    Thomas H. Dupree Jr. of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP beat the Internal Revenue Service in a battle over the taxability of railroad employee stock options and struck down a Surface Transportation Board railroad performance rule, upending the regulatory regime for railroads and landing him among Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles K. Verhoeven

    Charles K. Verhoeven, the co-chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's national intellectual property litigation practice, headed the team representing Google's Waymo in a high-profile case against Uber over self-driving car technology, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.