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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 12, 2012

    Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Stephen Neuwirth has been on the front line of high-stakes antitrust litigation, recently securing class certification in multidistrict litigation against several railroad companies accused of price-fixing, landing him on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Insurance MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mary Kay Vyskocil

    In 2012, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mary Kay Vyskocil added a number of major victories to her already impressive resume, successfully fending off appellate challenges to judgments in high-stakes insurance and reinsurance disputes and earning a spot as one of Law's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Stephen Lefkowitz

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Stephen Lefkowitz helped Cornell University beat out 16 other universities around the globe in landing an agreement with New York City to develop a $2 billion science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, helping to secure him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Health Care MVP: Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Eric Sitarchuk's crowning achievement for 2012 was a Pennsylvania hospital network's victory in a bitter qui tam battle, but Sitarchuk's year also included quiet negotiations that highlighted his skill in dealing with regulators, earning him a spot among Law360's Health Care MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Jason Schwartz successfully knocked Enterprise Holdings Inc. from multidistrict Fair Labor Standards Act litigation and even persuaded the Third Circuit to create a new test for determining joint employer relationships, earning him a spot among Law360’s Employment MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Competition MVP: White & Case's Eric Grannon

    For seven years, White & Case LLP's Eric Grannon has been in the vanguard of so-called pay-for-delay litigation with federal regulators, persuading the Eleventh Circuit in April to uphold settlements with generic-drug makers that protect Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel, earning him a place on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: Covington's Michael Imbroscio

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Michael Imbroscio was the brains behind an unprecedented decision to rescind mass tort status for litigation over Hoffman-La Roche Inc.'s acne treatment Accutane as well as a key ruling backing Roche's warnings about the drug, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Securities MVP: Davis Polk's Lawrence Portnoy

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Lawrence Portnoy managed to secure the dismissal of a decadelong, multibillion-dollar securities fraud class action for a Credit Suisse Group AG unit right before trial, an epic win that earned him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Neal Mollen

    For his role securing a major victory for SmithKline Beecham Corp. before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that cemented the status of pharmaceutical sales representatives as exempt from overtime requirements, Paul Hastings LLP's Neal Mollen earned himself a place among Law360's 2012 Employment MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    IP MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Floyd Mandell, already a highly respected trademark law practitioner, secured favorable outcomes over this past year for Microsoft Corp., Skype Inc., retail behemoth Arcadia Group Ltd. and others in a slew of high-profile disputes over their marks, earning him a spot among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Insurance MVP: O'Melveny's Tancred Schiavoni

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Tancred Schiavoni persuaded the Ninth Circuit to allow insurers to challenge bankruptcy plans made without their input that subject them to huge potential losses, one of several accomplishments that earned him a spot as one of Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander

    Andrew Levander of Dechert LLP successfully defended former MF Global Inc. Chairman and CEO Jon S. Corzine against the threat of possible criminal fraud charges in the wake of the brokerage giant’s high-profile October 2011 bankruptcy, securing him a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Health Care MVP: Akin Gump's Robert Salcido

    Robert Salcido of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented a nationwide nursing home company in an $895 million False Claims Act case that went to trial — a rarity in itself — and won, earning him a spot among Law360's Health Care MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Jones Day's Steven Koppel

    Throughout this year, Jones Day partner Steven Koppel has led a team of real estate attorneys in nailing down complex financing for several high-profile New York City development projects aimed at revitalization and growth, cementing his place among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Insurance MVP: Latham & Watkins' Brook Roberts

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Brook Roberts walloped an attempt by insurers to drastically restrict coverage for Fluor Corp.'s long-tail asbestos claims in a case of first impression that fellow California policyholder attorneys are already citing, landing him a spot among Law360's 2012 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis

    Paul Denis of Dechert LLP had a banner year in 2012, when he helped Medco Health Solutions Inc. secure clearance from antitrust regulators in its hotly contested $29 billion merger with Express Scripts Inc., the largest transaction of the year, making Denis one of Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's George Lombardi

    Leading the effort to secure a $1 billion jury verdict for Monsanto Co. in a high-profile patent infringement suit against DuPont Co. over herbicide-resistant seed technology, Winston & Strawn LLP's George Lombardi had a banner year that landed him among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    White Collar MVP: Reed Smith's Eric Dubelier

    Eric Dubelier of Reed Smith LLP offered pro bono representation to a former government employee and Vietnam veteran arrested in the FBI's now-infamous Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting against companies in the military equipment industry, winning a hard-earned acquittal and a place among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Employment MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Karen Kubin

    By notching a win for Brinker Restaurant Corp. in a case that settled the question of whether California employers are required simply to provide breaks for their workers or to ensure the breaks are taken, Morrison Foerster LLP's Karen Kubin won a place among Law360's 2012 Employment MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Akerman's Neisen Kasdin

    Behind about a half dozen of Miami's most recent blockbuster land deals and transformational real estate projects — including Swire Properties Ltd.'s $1 billion Brickell CitiCentre project and the $312 million redevelopment of the Miami Design District — stands Akerman Senterfitt LLP's Neisen Kasdin, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Product Liability MVP: Kaye Scholer's James Herschlein

    Kaye Scholer LLP’s James Herschlein has become a go-to litigator for resolving major product liability suits in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and recent victories on behalf of companies such as Pfizer Inc. have earned him a place as one of Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Securities MVP: Skadden's Scott Musoff

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Scott Musoff's role in helping Fortis Securities LLC resolve a billion-dollar breach fight with Greywolf Capital Management LP, and his work on a team defending UBS AG against a $6.4 billion federal complaint, showed his value to clients in "bet-the-company" cases and earned him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Health Care MVP: Sidley Austin's Paul Kalb

    Sidley Austin LLP's Paul Kalb has repeatedly helped save the day when drugmakers faced steep fines and exclusion from government health programs, including negotiation of a deal to keep GlaxoSmithKline PLC from being booted out of Medicare, winning him a space among Law360's Health Care MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    Competition MVP: Skadden's Cliff Aronson

    From defending Express Scripts Inc.'s blockbuster acquisition of a rival pharmacy benefits company to representing HarperCollins Publishers LLC as it faced government price-fixing allegations, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Cliff Aronson has had a standout year that has earned him a spot among Law360's Competition MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    Insurance MVP: Anderson Kill's Robert Horkovich

    Anderson Kill & Olick PC's Robert M. Horkovich helped policyholders secure significant insurance victories in a landmark California Supreme Court decision regarding the Stringfellow Acid Pits Superfund cleanup project and in a former Coca-Cola Co. unit's asbestos coverage fight, making him one of this year's Law360 Insurance MVPs.