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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, 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.

  • December 03, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Jones Day's Noel Francisco

    Jones Day partner Noel Francisco channeled his passion for the U.S. Constitution and legal limits on the government's power into several of this year's biggest cases, including one in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the president was wrong in making certain appointments during a Senate recess, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner James R. Murray guided Beebe Medical Center in securing $115 million from its insurers to cover the bulk of its settlement in an emotionally charged sexual abuse case, and helped lay down new precedent protecting policyholders in Washington state, earning him a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Energy MVP: Jones Day's Jeff Schlegel

    Jones Day partner Jeff Schlegel has successfully kept pace with the evolving oil and gas industry and helped negotiate some of its biggest deals, including Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s purchase of the troubled Texas City refinery for $2.4 billion, netting him a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Employment MVP: Akin Gump's Daniel Nash

    In winning huge appellate court victories this year for big-time employers Starbucks Corp. and Ernst & Young LLP in complicated labor class actions, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Daniel Nash also won himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Milbank's Phillip Fletcher

    Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP partner Phillip Fletcher tapped into more than two decades of experience to nail down financing from diverse lender groups in support of multiple landmark projects, including a $20 billion petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Stephen Karotkin

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Stephen Karotkin helped steer American Airlines through the conclusion of its historic bankruptcy this year, achieving the near-impossible feat of securing a recovery for stockholders while also managing to clear its massive midbankruptcy merger with US Airways past antitrust headwinds, earning him a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jay Goffman orchestrated a prepackaged restructuring of international vodka giant Central European Distribution Corp. and helped AMR Corp. creditors pilot American Airlines toward an $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc., earning him a place as one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Employment MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald Maatman

    When the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Kaplan Higher Education Corp. amid a campaign to block employers from using credit checks to screen hires, Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Gerald Maatman turned the table on the government, forcing the EEOC to turn over information about its own hiring practices and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Miguel Estrada

    Arguing for cable giant Comcast Corp. in a consumer class action, Gibson Dunn's Miguel A. Estrada convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to strengthen the requirements for Rule 23 class certification, landing him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.

  • December 02, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen

    With victories including defeating a group of insurers’ bid to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in asbestos coverage and convincing a judge that some carriers had to cover damages in privacy litigation, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP’s Robin Cohen has secured her spot on Law360’s list of Insurance MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Shearman's Nicholas Buckworth

    Shearman & Sterling LLP's Nicholas Buckworth has spent the last 12 months — and much of his career — on the cutting edge of project finance for energy deals around the world, breaking new ground in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Energy MVP: Bracewell's G. Alan Rafte

    For Bracewell & Giuliani LLP’s G. Alan Rafte, a spot on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs came from a year of shepherding high-profile, high-dollar divestments involving some of the industry’s biggest names and plenty of moving parts.

  • November 28, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Latham & Watkins' Richard Bress

    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's big soda ban was deflated by successful legal challenges raised by Latham & Watkins LLP partner Richard Bress, earning the litigator a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.

  • November 27, 2013

    Energy MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's John Goodgame helped shepherd Crestwood Midstream Partners LP through a complex $7 billion merger with Inergy Midstream LP that created a major shale market player, marking just one of several high-value transactions that landed Goodgame on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • November 27, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Andrew Dietderich helped reshape the flagging film company Eastman Kodak Co. into a viable business, a massive global restructuring that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.

  • November 27, 2013

    Employment MVP: Jones Day's Eric Dreiband

    Jones Day's Eric Dreiband defeated nationwide class action cases by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against both United States Steel Corp. and Bloomberg LP, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • November 27, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne

    Securing a landmark appeals court victory that will likely save her client hundreds of millions of dollars and established an important standard for the insurance industry, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jane M. Byrne earned herself a place among Law360's 2013 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 27, 2013

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Corey Boock

    Nossaman LLP partner Corey A. Boock helped the state of Indiana close a bond issuance for an $800 million project to build a bridge across the Ohio River — the largest financing project of its kind — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' David Cohen

    Vinson & Elkins LLP partner David Cohen had a hand in closing some of the biggest oil and gas transactions throughout the country over the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 list of Energy MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Arnold & Porter's Lisa Blatt

    With dozens of U.S. Supreme Court wins under her belt, Arnold & Porter LLP’s Lisa Blatt continued to build on an impressive track record by scoring three victories before the high court this year in cases that turned on issues involving adoption and Native American law, state water rights, and civil procedure, earning her a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Bankruptcy MVP: Jones Day's Bruce Bennett

    Jones Day's Bruce Bennett took the reins in the city of Detroit's historic restructuring and helped bring MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 11 case to a successful conclusion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2013.

  • November 26, 2013

    Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Nancy Abell

    By getting high stakes class actions against employers like Cintas Corp. and Forever 21 whittled down to manageable individual claims Paul Hastings LLP partner Nancy Abell earned herself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart

    Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP's Michael Bidart has been MGA Entertainment Inc.'s go-to attorney as MGA squares off with insurers on defense costs for an epic battle with Mattel Inc. over rights to the popular Bratz doll line, making Bidart one of Law360's Insurance MVPs for 2013.

  • November 26, 2013

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    Guiding Pfizer Inc. to a settlement where generic-drug makers agreed to pay $2.15 billion to end litigation over an acid reflux drug and helping Apple Inc. obtain the first White House veto of a U.S. International Trade Commission exclusion order since 1987 has landed WilmerHale's Bill Lee on Law360's list of IP MVPs for the third straight year.