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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 11, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's W. Michael Bond

    Weil Gotshal & Manges partner W. Michael Bond is on the cutting edge of real estate investment trusts mergers and acquisitions, advising Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in its sale of its largest asset, Archstone Enterprise LP, in a deal valued at more than $16 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    International Trade MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Paul Brinkman

    Operating at the critical nexus of international trade law and patent litigation, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Paul Brinkman relied on diligent preparation and keen foresight to land high-profile wins for tech giants such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., earning him his first appearance on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 10, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Covington's Robert Nichols

    Robert Nichols has helped Covington & Burling LLP assemble an all-star team of government contracts attorneys and personally led the charge in litigating bid protests with billions of dollars at stake, earning him a place among Law360's list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP name partner Kathleen Sullivan's was the voice that persuaded the nation’s highest courts on several high-stakes, groundbreaking decisions, including a victory that permitted the Federal Housing Finance Agency to proceed with lawsuits against at least 18 banks, earning her a spot on the list of Law360’s 2013 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton

    Nossaman LLP’s Robert Thornton convinced the California Supreme Court this year to endorse an environmental impact assessment methodology that could give public infrastructure authorities nationwide a boost in proving their proposals faithfully considered conservation impacts, landing him aboard Law360’s select group of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michael Mason

    Michael F. Mason racked up a series of wins for Hogan Lovells' aerospace and defense clients over the past year, including fending off a challenge to Lockheed Martin's piece of a $5.6 billion intelligence analyst contract, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 09, 2013

    Technology MVP: Wiley Rein's Nancy Victory

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Nancy J. Victory served as top regulatory counsel on some of the biggest telecommunications deals of 2013, including the $1.5 billion merger of Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. with MetroPCS Communications Inc., earning her a spot on the list of Law360's 2013 Technology MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg

    A body of work over the past year involving several multibillion-dollar technology deals and debt offerings, as well as the highly anticipated Twitter Inc. initial public offering, have earned Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s Alan Denenberg a spot on Law360’s list of Technology MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Katten Muchin Rosenman's Steven Solow

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Steven Solow successfully fended off a 26-count criminal indictment leveled at one of the nation’s largest water service providers, staring down the might of the federal government to prove at trial that no environmental violations had occurred and earning himself a spot among Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Government Contracts MVP: Dickstein's Richard Conway

    In the fast-changing universe of government contracts litigation, Dickstein Shapiro LLC partner Richard Conway has leveraged more than 40 years of experience to score major victories in 2013 that could have resounding impact for years to come, earning him a spot among Law360's Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Orrick's Joshua Rosenkranz

    In a remarkably successful year for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Joshua Rosenkranz, persuading the U.S. Supreme Court that copyrighted goods can be imported without the copyright owner's authority was just one of the triumphs that landed him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Employment MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Bob Siegel

    This year, O’Melveny & Myers LLP partner Bob Siegel cemented his reputation as one of the nation's top airline labor lawyers by counseling US Airways Group Inc. executives over antitrust litigation amid its $11 billion merger with American Airlines Inc., landing himself a place on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 06, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Akin Gump's Adam Umanoff

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Adam Umanoff has spent his career shaping the world's renewable energy landscape, including helping SunPower develop, build and sell its 580 megawatt solar project spanning two California counties, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs for 2013.

  • December 05, 2013

    Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Lawrence Riff convinced the Sixth Circuit not only to uphold a summary judgment ruling in favor of Chevron Corp. in a benzene and gasoline contamination lawsuit, but to affirm $250,000 in sanctions against the plaintiffs' attorneys in the case, earning him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal & Manges' Keith Flaum

    Over the past year, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Keith Flaum has deftly helped helm Applied Materials Inc.'s $29 billion merger with Tokyo Electron Ltd., while closing several multibillion-dollar deals for Oracle Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Employment MVP: Morgan Lewis' Samuel Shaulson

    Helping Citigroup Inc. secure a Second Circuit win that allowed the bank to enforce an individual arbitration policy in an overtime dispute is just one of the recent successes that landed Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Samuel Shaulson among Law360's Employment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Howard Seife

    For ten months, Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Howard Seife oversaw the enormous investigation and subsequent report on Ally Financial Inc.’s potential liability with respect to Residential Capital LLC’s bankruptcy, an undertaking that helped score him a spot among Law360's 2013 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Akin Gump's Patricia A. Millett

    In June, President Barack Obama nominated Patricia A. Millett, the co-head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Supreme Court practice who has argued a total of 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, to serve as a judge on the D.C. Circuit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • December 05, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Ben Shorten

    With more than 14 years of experience in the world of financial advising, Shearman & Sterling LLP's Ben Shorten definitely knows how to get deals done — but the leadership he showed on this year's historic $20 billion Sadara petrochemical plant upped the ante, landing Shorten on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal

    In the past year, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal scored a pair of U.S. Supreme Court victories for U.S. Airways Group Inc. and Genesis HealthCare Corp. while preparing an additional five arguments he is set to deliver to the high court this term and advocating for clients in the Second, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, landing him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Anderson Kill's William Passannante

    Anderson Kill PC's William G. Passannante convinced courts to focus on the actual purpose of complex insurance policies to help secure coverage for policyholders such as Alfa Laval Inc. and HLTH Corp. during the past year, earning him a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Camille Olson

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Camille Olson set herself apart in the past year with a pair of key wins for her client DHL Express (USA) Inc. in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination case and a former executive's breach of contract suit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Energy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Sean Wheeler

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Sean Wheeler has counseled clients from upstream petroleum companies to energy asset operators in roughly $35 billion in transactions over the past year, which includes the nearly $7 billion buyout of energy exploration firm Plains Exploration & Production Co., landing him on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Agnieszka Klich

    With a dizzying array of deals all over the world, Agnieszka Klich, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP's London office, is a global regulatory Sherpa for energy developers, earning her a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 04, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Gary Lee

    Gary Lee of Morrison & Foerster LLP has had a knockout year representing bankrupt financial services firms, guiding mortgage giant Residential Capital LLC through one of the most complex bankruptcy proceedings in the past year and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2013 bankruptcy MVPs.