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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 17, 2012

    Competition MVP: Lee Van Voorhis

    Baker & McKenzie LLP's Lee Van Voorhis convinced the Eleventh Circuit to allow Georgia hospital Phoebe Putney Health System Inc. to merge with its only nearby rival despite a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    International Trade MVP: Covington's Peter Lichtenbaum

    Covington & Burling LLP's Peter Lichtenbaum helped United Technology Corp. navigate though high-stakes negotiations with federal prosecutors over criminal export violations to China, securing the company a favorable outcome and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Skadden's Martin Klepper

    Forging new inroads in financing deals for some of the U.S.' largest solar power projects, including securing a $1.4 billion federally backed loan for one rooftop initiative, has earned Martin Klepper of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot on on Law360's list of 2012 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Government Contracts MVP: Mayer Brown's Marcia Madsen

    Mayer Brown LLP's Marcia Madsen successfully fended off challenges to government contracts worth a total of $2.7 billion for Lockheed Martin Corp. and BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc., just two of the wins that landed her a place on Law360's list of 2012 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Marty Katz

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Marty Katz successfully defended Dick Clark Productions in the battle over the television broadcast rights for the Golden Globe Awards, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mary Rose Alexander

    Tenacious preparation and a simultaneously steely and sunny courtroom demeanor helped Latham & Watkins LLP partner Mary Rose Alexander score a pair of significant victories for Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Nalco Co. this year and land her a place among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Competition MVP: Munger Tolles' Glenn Pomerantz

    In one year Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Glenn Pomerantz went from helping the federal government block AT&T Inc. from merging with T-Mobile USA Inc. to convincing regulators to clear Universal Music Group's tie-up with EMI Group, landing him on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Environmental MVP: DLA Piper's Robert Alessi

    DLA Piper's Robert Alessi stopped environmental groups from stymieing a $257 million Marcellus Shale gas pipeline and prevented the Second Circuit from setting a precedent that could have undermined natural gas production in key states, making him one of Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Joel Katz

    Joel Katz's work negotiating the $2.2 billion purchase of EMI Music Publishing on behalf of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and securing long-term broadcast contracts for two major music awards shows has earned the Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder a spot among Law360's 2012 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    International Trade MVP: Akin Gump's Stephen Kho

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Stephen Kho has dedicated his entire career to navigating the tumultuous waters of trade policy and international dispute resolution, having in the past year taken home some impressive victories, as well as a spot on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Schechter

    A robust body of work in his first full year at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, including several blockbuster deals for Starwood Capital Group, has earned veteran real estate partner Jonathan Schechter a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Proskauer's Elise Bloom

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Elise Bloom beat back class certification for client Lorillard Tobacco Co. Inc. in a wage-and-hour action by sales representatives in a case that had ramifications for the entire tobacco industry, earning Bloom a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert

    For his work advising BNP Paribas and two Peruvian banks in about $527 million in financing for a key piece of public infrastructure in Lima, Peru — the largest Peruvian currency financing to date for a non-sovereign issuer — among other feats, Mayer Brown’s Christopher Erckert has earned a spot on Law360’s list of Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Government Contracts MVP: Morgan Lewis' Brad Fagg

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Brad Fagg tallied big victories in 2012 for nuclear utilities on claims the federal government failed to accept and dispose of spent fuel, winning $70 million in damages for one client and a favorable Federal Circuit ruling for another — and earning a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Securities MVP: Morgan Lewis' Marc Sonnenfeld

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Marc Sonnenfeld won the dismissal of four securities lawsuits against Hewlett-Packard Co. within the last year, making him a go-to attorney for the company and earning him a spot as a 2012 Law360 Securities MVP.

  • December 13, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's J. Philip Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s J. Philip Rosen has built his career taking a hands-on strategy with an impressive body of high-profile real estate transactions, a personal approach that has won him a long list of happy clients as well as a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    IP MVP: Finnegan Henderson's Donald Dunner

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's Donald R. Dunner deployed his extensive appellate litigation experience to secure a major victory for Akamai Technologies Inc. that will make it easier for patent holders to prove induced infringement in cases involving multiple actors, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Competition MVP: O'Melveny's Kenneth Nissly

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator Kenneth Nissly landed a jury verdict in favor of semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix Inc., saving it from a potential $12 billion damages award in a conspiracy case brought by a rival and earning him a spot on Law360’s Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Employment MVP: O'Melveny's Bob Siegel

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP partner Bob Siegel’s lengthy career representing major airlines in labor disputes had several high points this year, with victories for Delta Air Lines Inc., U.S. Airways Group Inc. and more, snagging him a spot on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker

    Jones Day partner Stephanie Parker’s success in defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the first of nearly 4,500 federal cases that sprang out of the Florida Supreme Court’s Engle decision has earned her a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Orrick's Michael Madigan

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP senior counsel Michael J. Madigan's leadership in conducting aggressive discovery of text messages helped unravel a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting against 22 military and law enforcement equipment executives accused of bribing Gabonese officials, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2012 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    IP MVP: Orrick's Chris R. Ottenweller

    Chris R. Ottenweller of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP successfully defended Apple Inc. at the U.S. International Trade Commission in one of the earliest smartphone patent cases to go to trial and secured a precedent-setting victory for EMC Corp. at the Federal Circuit that put an end to a favorite tactic of patent trolls, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Securities MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia

    With a swath of regulatory victories already in his column, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Eugene Scalia got a court this year to block the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission's so-called position limits rule, a historic win in a closely watched case that landed him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Janet Levine successfully fended off the first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution of a corporation to go to a jury, a precedential victory that earned her a place among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: O'Melveny's Charles Lifland

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Charles Lifland scored recent appellate victories for Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc. allowing the drug companies to avoid paying millions in punitive damages and dodge costly failure-to-warn claims, securing himself a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.