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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, 2011

    Product Liability MVP: King & Spalding's Chilton Varner

    In October, King & Spalding LLP's Chilton Davis Varner won her second pharma liability trial in less than a year when she secured a victory for Merck & Co. in a plaintiffs' choice bellwether case in Fosamax multidistrict litigation, earning her a spot among Law360's product liability MVPs.

  • December 16, 2011

    Product Liability MVP: Dechert's Diane Sullivan

    Using her ability to interestingly and effectively convey the facts of high-stakes tort disputes to juries, Diane Sullivan of Dechert LLP helped Philip Morris USA Inc. beat a group of hospitals' $455 million dollar suit over the costs of treating uninsured smokers, earning her a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 16, 2011

    IP MVP: Paul Hastings' Jeff Randall

    Paul Hastings LLP's Jeff G. Randall convinced a Texas federal judge to throw out a $626 million jury award against Apple Inc. this April in Mirror Worlds LLC's case over patents for document management and display technology, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 15, 2011

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    For a patent attorney whose credentials and past victories have already established him as one of the greats in his field, winning the reversal of a $1.67 billion verdict in 2011 was yet another triumph for WilmerHale's Bill Lee as he made his way onto Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 15, 2011

    Product Liability MVP: Kirkland's Andrew McGaan

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Andrew McGaan has won over juries in emotionally charged cases against tobacco giants, winning wrongful death disputes and a 12-year battle waged by Missouri hospitals, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 14, 2011

    Product Liability MVP: Reed Smith's Patrick Bradley

    Reed Smith LLP's Patrick E. Bradley earned his place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs by delivering 2011 courtroom victories for Cirrus Aircraft in manufacturing defect suits stemming from fatal plane crashes — including litigation over the high-profile wreck that killed former New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.

  • December 14, 2011

    IP MVP: Morgan Lewis' Daniel Johnson

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP patent litigator Daniel Johnson Jr. helped ActiveVideo Networks Inc. score a $140 million patent infringement judgment against communications giant Verizon Communications Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 13, 2011

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Mike Rhodes has a record of demolishing lawsuits that accuse Facebook Inc. of stepping on users' privacy rights — one that keeps the social media giant coming back and earns him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2011

    Product Liability MVP: Skadden's John Beisner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's John Beisner convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a settlement program he created resolving thousands of personal injury claims against Merck & Co. Inc. in multidistrict litigation over the painkiller Vioxx, one of several victories that earned him a spot among Law360's product liability MVPs.

  • December 13, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Janice Schneider

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Janice Schneider spent the past seven years helping San Diego Gas & Electric navigate scrutiny by government agencies and opposition by environmental groups against its $2 billion renewable energy transmission line across California, and helped construction get under way in the fall of last year, landing on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 13, 2011

    IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jim Hurst

    Jim Hurst of Winston & Strawn LLP has been on a winning streak for the past year, racking up eight separate trial victories in the last 18 months for clients such as Abbott Laboratories, a feat that earned him a place on Law360's roster of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Privacy MVP: Reed Smith's Mark Melodia

    It's a common dilemma: A company suffers a data breach, and one of its customers launches a class action. Reed Smith LLP partner Mark S. Melodia helped one client find an uncommon solution, staving off traditional credit monitoring and saving it cash — the sort of inventive thinking that landed him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Vorys Sater's Mark Norman

    As lead attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio, in a federal crackdown on sewage overflows, Mark Norman of Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP negotiated a consent decree that allowed the county to commit an additional $1.79 billion in infrastructure improvements while protecting the county's finances and ratepayers, earning him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    IP MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Luke Dauchot

    As lead trial counsel for Medtronic Inc. subsidiary Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. in its patent dispute with NuVasive Inc., Luke Dauchot of Kirkland & Ellis LLP parlayed his extensive knowledge of the patents-in-suit along with his ability as a team leader into a jury award worth over $100 million, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Orin Snyder spent this year successfully defending well-known clients that ranged from the world's largest online social network to a daytime talk show co-host, landing him a spot among Law360's Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' Howard Sobel

    Pulling off a leveraged buyout these days is hard enough, but the $2.6 billion acquisition of BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. in June by two private equity firms scores extra points for creativity and performance under pressure, earning Latham & Watkins LLP partner Howard Sobel, who represented the buyers, a spot among Law 360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Insurance MVP: Covington's William Skinner

    William Skinner of Covington & Burling LLP helped Chiquita Brands International Inc. secure a ruling that its insurer must cover the cost of defending suits alleging that the company is liable for thousands of killings by Colombian extremists, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Insurance MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Paul Hastings' Eric Greenberg

    Crafting a joint venture among networks and affiliate broadcasters to bring live television and video on demand to mobile devices is just one of the accomplishments this year that makes Paul Hastings LLP partner Eric Greenberg one of Law360's Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Privacy MVP: Covington & Burling's Eric Bosset

    Mounting an aggressive defense to behavioral advertising and online tracking claims, Eric Bosset of Covington & Burling LLP has helped Cable One Inc., Microsoft Corp., AOL Inc. and other major corporations quickly escape potentially costly litigation, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    IP MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks

    Juanita Brooks of Fish & Richardson PC has racked up three separate patent trial victories for Allergan Inc. and Cephalon Inc. over the past year, earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray

    James R. Murray, deputy leader of Dickstein Shapiro LLP's insurance coverage group, helped secure the largest ever single-insurer payment in a clergy sex abuse case this year, earning him a spot among Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Private Equity MVP: Skadden's Rick Madden

    When longtime Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP client Centro Properties Group ran into a wall of recession-triggered debt, corporate partner Rick Madden helped the Australian real estate concern avoid liquidation by raising $9.4 billion in a massive sale to The Blackstone Group LP, a deal that also helped land Madden a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Walter Lohmann

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Walter Lohmann helped Chemtura Corp. settle environmental remediation obligations at some 100 sites and transition out of bankruptcy with a clean slate, and his effective outreach strategy has earned him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 08, 2011

    Privacy MVP: Latham & Watkins' Jennifer Archie

    Jennifer C. Archie, leader of Latham & Watkins LLP's data protection and privacy practice, is known for advising companies on every corner of the data protection landscape, whether it's writing privacy policies or responding to a global data breach, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • December 08, 2011

    IP MVP: Kirkland's Gregory Arovas

    Spansion Inc.'s patent case against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the U.S. International Trade Commission had the potential to block a wide swath of electronics using flash memory chips from being imported into the U.S., but Gregory Arovas of Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped clear Samsung from the infringement claims and from having any products excluded, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.