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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 08, 2011

    Insurance MVP: Covington's David Goodwin

    While working to obtain insurance coverage for the costs that BP PLC incurred from the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill and that United HealthCare Corp. spent to resolve a $350 million consumer class action, David Goodwin of Covington & Burling LLP was also helping Atlantic Richfield Co. finalize a multimillion-dollar recovery stemming from a more than decade-old accident, earning him a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 08, 2011

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali

    Here's the winning equation that landed Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Dale Cendali a spot on Law 360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs: President Barack Obama, plus the world's most famous boy wizard and the two-time Emmy Award winner for outstanding comedy series.

  • December 08, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's David Elkind

    After eight years of battling for coverage in a complicated suit over a toxic waste sites cleanup project, Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner David Elkind won a $29.7 million judgment for New York State Electric & Gas Corp. against its old parent company, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 08, 2011

    Private Equity MVP: Cadwalader's Rocky Lee

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's Rocky Lee is writing the playbook for deal making in China, masterminding transactions like the venture capital investment in online-payment company China PnR and the Chinese government's stake in a Silicon Valley startup, making Lee one of Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 07, 2011

    Employment MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Richard Simmons

    By aggressively challenging proposed employee classes and plaintiffs in wage-and-hour suits, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Richard J. Simmons has scored key victories for clients ranging from Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to major California hospitals and earned himself a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 07, 2011

    Energy MVP: Orrick's Mark Weitzel

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Marc Weitzel has had a busy year serving as lead counsel to EIF Renewable Energy Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Innovative Energy Systems — a deal that created one of the largest landfill gas-to-energy companies in the U.S. and landed Weitzel among Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • December 07, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Skadden's Steven Sunshine

    Challenging AT&T Inc.'s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. and defending Southwest Airlines Co.'s $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran Holdings Inc. are just two of the many accomplishments that make Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Steven Sunshine one of Law360's Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 06, 2011

    Energy MVP: White & Case's Jason Kerr

    Jason Kerr led White & Case LLP's advisory team for the Nord Stream pipeline project, working to secure project financing, win regulatory approval and negotiate contracts for an ambitious €9 billion ($12 billion) underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, earning him a place among Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • December 06, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Ian Simmons

    With the statutory language stacked against him and the possibility of defeat looming for his client Asiana Airlines Inc. in an appeal of price-fixing multidistrict litigation, Ian Simmons of O'Melveny & Myers LLP first got creative and then got state claims tossed from the putative class action, guaranteeing him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 06, 2011

    Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Bill Kilberg

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Bill Kilberg convinced the Seventh Circuit to overturn the certification of one of the the largest classes of employees in a suit over The Boeing Co.'s 401(k) plans, and secured a role as Boeing's lead counsel in a controversial dispute over its plans to shift production to a nonunion facility, landing a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Energy MVP: Sidley Austin's Peter Keisler

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Peter Keisler secured victories for utilities clients in a landmark global warming lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as in a closely watched environmental enforcement case, earning him a spot among Law360's list of energy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lisa Schweitzer

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Lisa Schweitzer played a key role this summer in orchestrating bankrupt Nortel Networks Inc.'s massive and creative $4.5 billion sale of its patent portfolio — the largest such sale ever — landing her a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Employment MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Mark Kemple

    Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder Mark Kemple spent the past year defending big-name employers such as California Pizza Kitchen and Albertsons Inc. against labor class actions, scoring victories for the companies and a spot for himself on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 05, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Sanders

    Joel Sanders of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has helped Micron Technology Inc. dramatically reduce its potential exposure in a price-fixing case and secured the dismissal of a complex case against shipper Matson Navigation Co., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Employment MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Lynne Hermle was instrumental in defending McAfee Inc. in a case accusing the software company of making its former general counsel the fall guy in a criminal and civil stock options backdating probe, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Antitrust MVP: Latham & Watkins' Alfred Pfeiffer Jr.

    Alfred Pfeiffer Jr. of Latham & Watkins LLP secured a major victory for Lundbeck Inc. when the Eighth Circuit upheld a ruling that found the Federal Trade Commission fell short of showing that the pharmaceutical firm was monopolizing the market on drugs used to treat heart defects in premature babies, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Antitrust MVPs.

  • December 02, 2011

    Energy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mitchell Hertz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Mitchell Hertz claims 2011 was a typical year of overseeing energy industry transactions — but the bulk of his deals and his role in the creation of a first-of-its-kind energy infrastructure investment trust suggest otherwise, making him a Law360 Energy MVP.

  • December 02, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Anup Sathy

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Anup Sathy was one of the lead attorneys representing nearly 400 General Growth Properties Inc. affiliates in their monumental and novel restructuring, laying the groundwork for similar special purpose entities and landing him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Antitrust MVPs: White & Case's Milne & Pace

    Between winning the dismissal of Fair Isaac Corp.'s trademark and competition suit against Experian Information Solutions Inc. and leading Saudi Arabia's national oil company out of the latest antitrust class action targeting OPEC, White & Case LLP's Robert Milne and Jack Pace have proved themselves a formidable team worthy of a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Employment MVP: Sidley Austin's Douglas Hart

    Two employer victories in wage-and-hour class actions, including a long-running Fair Labor Standards Act suit that reached the nation's highest court, made May a very good month for Sidley Austin LLP partner Douglas Hart, earning him a spot on Law 360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman

    Despite being the creator of the now-frequent prepackaged bankruptcy in the early 1990s, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jay M. Goffman has not slowed down his practice. And the past year was a bumper crop that saw the prepack make its way to Australia and Goffman stare down Carl Icahn, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 01, 2011

    Energy MVP: Morgan Lewis' Mark Haskell

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Mark Haskell was instrumental in clearing regulatory hurdles for Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.'s first foray into the U.S. shale market and its subsequent $12.1 billion acquisition of operations in three major shale formations, making him one of Law360's Energy MVPs for the year.

  • November 30, 2011

    Employment MVP: Mayer Brown's Robert Davis

    Mayer Brown LLP's Robert Davis led a team that in March won a jury verdict — a rarity in wage-and-hour disputes — for his client Quicken Loans Inc. in a Fair Labor Standards Act class action brought by former mortgage loan officers, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • November 30, 2011

    Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich

    In the middle of the largest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich helped General Growth Properties Inc.'s largest shareholder mount a takeover defense from a lowball bid from rival mall operator Simon Property Group Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2011

    White Collar MVP: Skadden's David Zornow

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner David Zornow's negotiating skills helped Dell Inc. reach a $100 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ending a protracted investigation into its disclosure practices and helping land him a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.