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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 27, 2018

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Craig Fields

    Craig Fields, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP's tax department and chair of the firm's state and local tax group, has landed a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Tax MVPs, helping Agilent Technologies win a case in the Colorado Court of Appeals with a ruling that said the Colorado Department of Revenue cannot force a holding company that has no property or payroll activities in the U.S. to be included in its parent company's combined corporate income tax return.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joanne Franzel

    Joanne Franzel, a partner in Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s real estate practice group, counseled real estate investment and management firm Jamestown LP in its $2.4 billion sale of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market to Google earlier this year, a deal that helped her earn a spot among Law360’s 2018 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Mark Hanchet

    Mark Hanchet of Mayer Brown LLP scored several big victories over the past year representing HSBC Bank in actions brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act, shaking off two suits for jurisdictional reasons and landing one dismissal that will define the relatively young statute for decades to come, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Pamela J. Yates

    Pamela J. Yates of Arnold & Porter was the first lead trial attorney to prevail over multidistrict claims that a testosterone replacement causes heart attacks, and she directed the winning science strategy behind several recent defense verdicts for Bayer, landing her among Law360's 2018 Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Eugene Scalia beat the U.S. Department of Labor this year, scoring a high-profile victory that vacated the agency's controversial Obama-era fiduciary rule for retirement account advisers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP convinced the full Federal Circuit this year to reject the U.S. Patent Trademark Office's controversial stance that applicants who appeal to a district court must pay the agency's legal bills regardless of whether it wins or loses, earning a place among Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Kirkland's Christopher Marcus

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Christopher Marcus has spent the last year wrapping up the bankruptcy of cancer treatment chain 21st Century Oncology and helping shepherd fashion retailer Nine West Holdings and radio giant iHeart Media through complex and contentious Chapter 11 proceedings, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Sanford Heisler's David Sanford

    David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP helped a former Columbia University professor, who said she was denied tenure after complaining a colleague sexually harassed her, win a $1.25 million damages award this year, and also represented female attorneys accusing large law firms of gender bias, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Cravath's Robert Townsend

    Robert I. Townsend III of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP navigated a complex legal landscape to strike deals for Cincinnati Bell, while helping Brunswick Corp. refocus its business strategy and guiding Pinnacle Foods Inc. to a multibillion-dollar sale, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Mergers and Acquisitions MVPs.

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Cravath's Richard Clary

    While he was trained as a generalist, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner Richard Clary has been handling litigation for Credit Suisse for more than a decade and scored a big victory this year in fending off claims from New York's attorney general, narrowing the scope of the controversial Martin Act and landing him a spot among Law360's 2018 Securities MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Geoffrey M. Davis

    Geoffrey M. Davis of Jenner & Block LLP served as tax counsel in a high-profile tax felony U.S. Supreme Court case, assisted with an amicus brief in the blockbuster South Dakota v. Wayfair case and has advised clients on multibillion-dollar deals, landing him among Law360's 2018 Tax MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Allison J. Schoenthal

    Allison J. Schoenthal, head of Hogan Lovells' consumer finance litigation practice, has helped financial services clients weather changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and notched victories in mortgage litigation for CIT Bank and other financial institutions, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Banking MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Lanier Law Firm's Mark Lanier

    Plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier of the Lanier Law Firm scored a nearly $4.69 billion jury verdict this summer when a St. Louis jury decided that Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder contained asbestos and caused cancer in 22 women, placing him among Law360's 2018 Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Desmarais' John Desmarais

    Desmarais LLP's founding partner, John Desmarais, successfully shepherded IBM through its first jury trial as a plaintiff in a patent infringement case this summer, securing an $82.5 million verdict for the technology giant over Groupon and earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Sorin

    Robert Sorin of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP steered Google's continued New York City expansion through the multibillion-dollar acquisition of Chelsea Market, while securing new leases for two major Manhattan building projects in the Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt, counting him among one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Kalpana Kotagal

    Kalpana Kotagal of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC became one of the legal faces of the #MeToo movement after actress Frances McDormand name-dropped the "inclusion rider" initiative Kotagal co-authored at this year's Academy Awards, earning Kotagal a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP managing partner Salvatore Graziano helped Wells Fargo & Co. investors secure a preliminary $480 million settlement resolving consolidated securities litigation over roughly 1.5 million unauthorized bank accounts, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Securities MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Orrick's Josh Rosenkranz

    Josh Rosenkranz, leader of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice, notched multiple headline-grabbing triumphs in the past year, including a high court victory in a closely watched immigration dispute and a circuit court win in the historic Oracle v. Google copyright clash, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2018 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Hughes Hubbard's Kathryn Coleman

    Kathryn Coleman of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP helped CST Industries and Patriot National Inc. through quick Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings last year, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Cravath's Richard Hall

    Richard Hall of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped guide companies in billions of dollars of global mergers and acquisitions, including German gas company Linde AG in its $70 billion merger with Praxair and GKN PLC in the unsolicited £8.1 billion ($11.4 billion) takeover bid from Melrose Industrials PLC, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • November 21, 2018

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 21, 2017

    MVP: O'Melveny's Mark Robertson

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Mark W. Robertson has scored numerous victories as lead counsel for American Airlines Inc., including in several labor disputes brought by pilots concerning the seniority agreement reached after the airline's merger with US Airways, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Transportation MVPs.

  • December 21, 2017

    MVP: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton

    Tara Sutton, the chair of the mass tort group at Robins Kaplan LLP, helped reach a $300 million settlement in August for clients with claims against Daiichi Sankyo Inc. and Forest Laboratories Inc. over the blood pressure drug Benicar, earning her a spot among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs for 2017.

  • December 21, 2017

    MVP: Wiley Rein's Jennifer Hindin

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Jennifer Hindin has played a key role this year in obtaining Federal Communications Commission approval for satellite companies to launch spacecraft that will track airplanes around the globe and beam internet to remote areas of the United States, landing her among Law360's 2017 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 21, 2017

    MVP: Dentons' William O'Brien

    Dentons’ William T. O’Brien won the enforcement of a $42 million award for Leidos Inc. against the Greek government and had the judgment increased to $63 million in a U.S. federal court over the past year, landing him among Law360’s 2017 International Arbitration MVPs.