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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 19, 2017

    MVP: Davis Wright's Peter Karanjia

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s Peter Karanjia scored crucial telecommunications law wins in multiple circuit courts this year, including an important victory in a case over a massive Federal Communications Commission contract involving call connections, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Ronald Creamer

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Ronald E. Creamer Jr., who leads the firm’s tax group as well as the tax group's mergers and acquisitions practice, played a key role in Enbridge Inc.’s merger with Spectra Energy Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $28 billion, helping land him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Tax MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: McDermott's Christopher Jedrey

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s Christopher Jedrey led the stunningly swift transformation of a modestly sized hospital company into the country's largest privately held, for-profit health care system, placing him among Law360’s 2017 Health MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Dechert's Martin Black

    Dechert LLP’s Martin Black has protected patent portfolios for industry giants like Endo Pharmaceuticals and Microsoft since founding the firm’s intellectual property group in 2000, and his recent Supreme Court victory limiting the laches defense in patent infringement cases has earned him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Harvey Wolkoff

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Harvey Wolkoff obtained a nearly $100 million award for LoJack after convincing a Hong Kong arbitration tribunal that the company’s battery supplier had misrepresented the quality of its batteries, securing the relative newcomer to the practice area a spot among Law360’s 2017 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: WilmerHale's Matthew Martens

    WilmerHale’s Matthew Martens scored an enormous victory over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this year when he convinced a federal judge to toss the agency’s fraud claims against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, making Martens one of Law360’s Securities MVPs for 2017.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Gordon & Rees' Nancy Erfle

    Gordon & Rees LLP's Nancy M. Erfle has taken the lead on managing Imerys Talc America Inc. in its fight against a mass tort that's ballooned over the past year to include more than 7,000 cases alleging talc-based body powder products cause ovarian cancer, landing her among Law360's 2017 Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Keker Van Nest's John Keker

    Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP co-founder John Keker notched three major wins in his representation of Major League Baseball this year, including striking out two antitrust suits and a putative class action, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Sports MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Taylor Hart

    Representing the Northeast’s leading provider of fiber technology solutions, Ropes & Gray LLP’s Taylor Hart this year helped usher a monster deal for that company to be acquired by Crown Castle International for $7.1 billion in cash, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2017 Technology MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Weil's Michael Aiello

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Michael Aiello took on a number of matters this year that grabbed headlines, including Reynolds American’s $49 billion sale to a foreign company, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Kirkland's Mario Mancuso

    Mario Mancuso, the head of Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s international trade and national security practice, has tackled thorny deals involving significant global regulatory hurdles in the past year, including a $6.1 billion health care industry acquisition for the Blackstone Group LP, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Meredith Kane

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s Meredith J. Kane has helped steer a number of development projects reshaping the New York City skyline, including recently representing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a $3 billion office building project that will become the second-tallest tower in the city, earning her a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Wilkinson Walsh's Beth Wilkinson

    Wilkinson Walsh & Eskovitz PLLC’s Beth Wilkinson only co-founded her firm a year ago, and she and her team have already scored major victories defending Georgia Pacific from a $10 billion antitrust suit and winning the first two trials in the high-stakes Xarelto litigation, securing her a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Trials MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sergio Galvis

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Sergio Galvis spent the past year helping clients work through complex international matters, including facilitating a deal allowing a Colombian company to sell its 50 percent interest in the largest port operator in the country, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Fish & Richardson's Dorothy Whelan

    Fish & Richardson PC’s Dorothy Whelan notched a number of inter partes review victories earlier this year that invalidated key patents on AbbVie’s blockbuster autoimmune disease drug Humira, earning her a spot among Law360’s 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Dale Cendali scored a huge win for British contemporary artist Damien Hirst and his arts-based publishing company this year when a New York federal judge tossed a suit asserting claims of copyright and trade dress infringement and unfair competition, earning her a place among Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Reed Smith's John Schryber

    This past summer, Reed Smith LLP partner John W. Schryber convinced a Maryland federal court that Travelers must pay $87 million to private equity firm American Capital Ltd. and one of its portfolio companies to cover the costs of underlying suits over tainted blood thinner, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Atif Azher

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Atif Azher guided standout deals over the past year that included Centerbridge Partners LP’s simultaneous $1.26 billion acquisition of two software providers and Dell's $2.4 billion sale of its software business, landing him among Law360's 2017 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Krishna Veeraraghavan

    Krishna Veeraraghavan of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has walked companies through multibillion-dollar buyouts and mergers this year, including Amazon’s headline-grabbing acquisition of Whole Foods, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Covington's Ben Razi

    Covington & Burling LLP's Ben Razi racked up numerous trial wins across a wide spectrum of legal sectors this year, including a victory against federal attorneys in the Southern District of New York in a rare civil forfeiture case, landing him among Law360's 2017 Trials MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: DLA Piper's Maxine Hicks

    DLA Piper's Maxine Hicks has built a reputation as a leader in shepherding massive mixed-use real estate projects from initial planning stages to opening day, including most recently representing two Major League Baseball teams in the development of new stadiums, garnering her a spot on Law360’s 2017 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Dakessian Law's Mardiros Dakessian

    Dakessian Law Ltd. founding partner Mardiros “Marty” Dakessian makes his fourth appearance on the Law360 MVP list this year, thanks to a 15-year personal income tax fight that saved a local entrepreneur $3 million, as well as a $15 million win that cut a Fortune 500 food company's tax bill in half.  

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Latham's Matthew Brill

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Matthew Brill spent 2017 hard at work on behalf of the cable industry, fighting off Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits in court and working to shape federal policy in areas like net neutrality on Capitol Hill, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Munger Tolles' Kelly Klaus

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP’s Kelly Klaus landed a massive win this past year on behalf of major Hollywood film studios that sued movie filtering service VidAngel Inc. for infringing their copyrights, earning him a place among Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Kirkland's Peter Martelli

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Peter Martelli worked countless hours over the past year, through holidays and on tight deadlines, in a tireless effort to score major deals on behalf of his clients, including Blackstone Group LP and Pamplona Capital Management LLP, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Private Equity MVPs.