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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.
  • November 27, 2019

    MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Sussberg

    Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis' restructuring practice has worked tirelessly over the past year to execute restructuring plans for Forever 21, Toys R Us and Barneys as the "Amazon effect" has wreaked havoc on the retail industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Molly Lens

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Molly Lens spent the past year shutting down a major copyright infringement suit over the hit TV show "Empire," chopping $128 million off of an arbitration award tied to "Bones," and deftly parrying cross-claims asserted by Netflix in a poaching lawsuit brought by Fox, making her one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: Stueve Siegel's Norman Siegel

    Norman Siegel of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has helped consumers secure significant settlements in precedent-setting data breach disputes, including ones involving Equifax and the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott M. McCaleb

    Scott McCaleb of Wiley Rein LLP successfully defended Boeing in an Eighth Circuit appeal over wrongful termination and stopped the government from intervening in False Claims Act suits involving his clients, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Meghan Cocci of Dentons' global hotels and leisure practice has delivered deals for a range of clients in the past year, including Starwood Capital Group, Hampshire Hospitality Group and Montage International, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Lisa Ellman

    Hogan Lovells' Lisa Ellman navigates an emerging technology by running a nonprofit that represents commercial drone users, and she advises organizations like CNN and NASA on compliance with drone technology regulations, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 26, 2019

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Stephanie Sheridan

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Stephanie Sheridan advises clients including Kohl's and Macy's on high-profile, challenging cases whose outcomes have major implications for retailers around the U.S., landing her among Law360's 2019 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: O'Melveny's Robert Siegel

    As one of the nation's foremost airline labor lawyers, O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Robert Siegel carried American Airlines to victory in a fight with its mechanics union over an illegal work slowdown and won an injunction for Atlas Air against pilots engaged in a similar slowdown, landing him among Law360's 2019 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Joseph Duffy

    Joseph Duffy of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped Gap Inc. and other retailers defeat several class actions accusing them of advertising misleading prices, and secured a complete victory for Walgreens and Rite Aid in a pair of putative class actions in the California Supreme Court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: Miller & Chevalier's Jason N. Workmaster

    Jason Workmaster of Miller & Chevalier Chtd. helped secure a big win for a KBR unit in a long-running contract row with the government, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Luke Nikas

    Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP scored a victory for the Andy Warhol Foundation in a copyright suit over Warhol's portraits of the late artist Prince, and won a contract dispute for young tennis star Naomi Osaka, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: DLA Piper's Lynn Cadwalader

    DLA Piper's Lynn Cadwalader has represented clients in acquiring and developing Californian properties for high-profile, mixed-use developments valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, landing her among Law360's 2019 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joshua S. Lipshutz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Joshua Lipshutz helped Facebook fend off a quadruple murder suspect's subpoena for social media records of a key prosecution witness, and represented the tech giant in a European privacy dispute that questions the limits of EU-U.S. data transfers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gary E. Axelrod

    Gary E. Axelrod of Latham & Watkins LLP led Walton Street Capital in the acquisition of the Hyatt Minneapolis, represented Highgate Hospitality in multiple recent deals and guided Loews Hotels on a development in St. Louis' Ballpark Village, making him one of Law360's 2019 Hospitality MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Evan Tager

    Mayer Brown LLP's Evan Tager aptly helped CSX Transportation Inc. defeat suits involving worker injury liability and federal preemption issues, solidifying his standing as a Washington, D.C., appellate ace and landing him among Law360's 2019 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis

    John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan helped consumers affected by massive data breaches at Yahoo and Equifax secure groundbreaking class action settlements and assisted in scoring the revival of data breach claims against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Munger Tolles' Kelly M. Klaus

    Kelly M. Klaus of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP served as lead counsel for Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and other Hollywood heavyweights as they secured a $62 million trial victory this year against a streaming service that was pirating hundreds of the movie companies' iconic films, placing him among Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Covington & Burling's Jay Carey

    Covington & Burling LLP's Jay Carey helped UnitedHealth Group units successfully defend more than $55 billion in high-profile state and federal contracts this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Scott Edelman

    Scott Edelman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's trial practice helped clear Korean ramen maker Ottogi Co. Ltd. of price-fixing allegations in a $500 million antitrust class action last December, making him one of Law360's 2019 Trial MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Katherine Bolger

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Katherine M. Bolger's work helping BuzzFeed beat a defamation suit after it published a dossier linking Russia and President Donald Trump, along with other high-profile victories in the media world, makes her one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Sam S. Shaulson

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Sam Shaulson helped JPMorgan Chase secure a first-of-its-kind appellate ruling by the Fifth Circuit that workers who had signed arbitration agreements shouldn't be notified of a pending collective action, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Goodwin Procter's Richard A. Kline

    Goodwin Procter LLP deals pro Rick Kline advised a slate of closely watched transactions over the past year, including Lyft's $2.3 billion listing and Slack's innovative direct listing, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Theane Evangelis of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully defended Uber as the ride-hailing giant secured a major victory at the Ninth Circuit against hundreds of thousands of drivers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, placing her among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Jones Day's Howard F. Sidman

    Howard Sidman of Jones Day won an issue of first impression before New York's highest court and was the lead attorney defending Wells Fargo in two proposed class actions that were both resolved, making him one of Law360's 2019 Banking MVPs.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Covington's Thomas Barnett

    Covington & Burling LLP's Thomas Barnett helped guide Disney through the global clearance process for its $71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox assets last year, while helping multiple technology companies navigate a tumultuous regulatory environment, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Competition MVPs.