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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 21, 2016

    Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal's Jeffrey Osterman

    Over the past year, Weil Gotshal & Manges’ Jeffrey Osterman has helped Intel through its largest acquisition ever, led a Sanofi licensing agreement and once again aided a billion-dollar Verizon acquisition, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs of 2016.

  • December 21, 2016

    Trials MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey T. Thomas

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Jeffrey T. Thomas recently helped Hewlett-Packard win a $3 billion jury verdict in a dispute related to Oracle's poaching of HP’s CEO and the phasing out of HP software, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Trial MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Native American Law MVP: Dentons' Matthew Adams

    Dentons’ Matthew Adams has played a lead role representing Native American tribes in several prominent cases in the past year, including helping a Washington state tribe defeat a proposed deepwater export terminal that threatened its fishing grounds, scoring him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of MVPs for Native American law.

  • December 20, 2016

    Asset Management MVP: Paul Weiss' Marco Masotti

    Marco Masotti of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP presided over billions of dollars in fundraising this year for name brands in the alternative asset field like Apollo Global Management, earning him a spot among Law360's Asset Management MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Food & Beverage MVP: Covington's Jessica O'Connell

    Covington & Burling LLP’s Jessica O’Connell stopped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from taking action against Kind LLC over the allegedly misleading labeling of its snack bars, resulting in a change in the food industry as a whole when the FDA announced it would review its “healthy” labeling regulations and earning her place as a Law360 Food & Beverage MVP for 2016.

  • December 20, 2016

    Trials MVP: Weil Gotshal's Diane Sullivan

    Diane Sullivan's major work this year included a defense verdict for Philip Morris that the cigarette giant valued at $190 million, making the Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner one of Law360's 2016 Trial MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Hueston Hennigan's Robert Klieger

    Hueston Hennigan LLP's Robert N. Klieger recently scored a victory in a fight over 93-year-old media mogul Sumner M. Redstone’s $40 billion media empire, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Sports MVP: Orrick Herrington's Jeremy Kudon

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Jeremy Kudon guided DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. in successfully lobbying the New York Legislature to expressly legalize the top daily fantasy sports companies' online contests and to end perilous litigation with the state attorney general, earning a place among Law360’s Sports MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Technology MVP: Latham & Watkins' Douglas E. Lumish

    Latham & Watkins’ Douglas E. Lumish saved Symantec Corp. from potential damages of up to $300 million in an infringement case over Symantec’s antivirus software, and won a favorable ruling for Arista Networks in a contentious trade secrets suit, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Technology MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Retail MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Craig Cardon

    Representing major retailers like T.J. Maxx and Williams-Sonoma is never easy, especially when the industry's fast pace requires the most cutting-edge legal support, but Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s Craig Cardon embraces these challenges, securing important legal victories for his clients and providing creative approaches to growing their brands, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2016 Retail MVPs.

  • December 20, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    On Christmas last year, Robert Giuffra of Sullivan & Cromwell was working on a memo outlining the exposures Volkswagen faced in the U.S. following the revelation a few months prior that it was installing software to cheat emissions standards and how the company could quickly reach a settlement, his work on which earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Simmons Hanly Conroy's Jayne Conroy

    Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy turned a setback in a major medical device litigation into a pair of bellwether victories this year, landing her among Law360's 2016 Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Technology MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin P.B. Johnson

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Kevin P.B. Johnson’s year defending a synthetic DNA startup from a trade secrets case and representing Samsung in its long-running patent battles with Apple has earned him a spot among Law360’s Technology MVPs of 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Food & Beverage MVP: Hogan Lovells' Joseph Levitt

    Hogan Lovells partner Joe Levitt’s year helping startups and multinational companies, including Whole Foods, survive Food and Drug Administration investigations and avoid import bans that could shutter the companies has earned him a spot as one of Law360’s Food and Beverage MVPs for 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Laura Handman

    From clearing Yelp of liability for a disgruntled client’s comments about his legal counsel to successfully defending two New York Post reporters from a rapper’s libel charges, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s Laura Handman has spent 2016 fighting for and defending free speech, earning her a spot among Law360’s 2016 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Sports MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Andrew A. Kassof

    The World Series-winning Chicago Cubs took on a big opponent when local bar owners sought to revive claims over rooftop seating being obstructed by upgrades to the team's world-famous ballpark, but Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Andrew A. Kassof stepped up and put one in the win column for the Cubs, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Sports MVPs for 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Trials MVP: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Josh Krevitt

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Josh Krevitt recently won a high-stakes patent infringement trial for T-Mobile against a plaintiff who had alrady been victorious over two other two carriers for the same patent, landing him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of trial MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Asset Management MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Erica Berthou

    As the global leader of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s investment management group, Erica Berthou has had a busy year raising tens of billions of dollars for some of the biggest names in private equity funds, including Global Infrastructure Partners, Oaktree Capital Management and Blackstone, landing her a place among Law360’s Asset Management MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Katten Muchin's David Halberstadter

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner David Halberstadter secured a highly publicized First Amendment victory this year involving the Academy Award-winning film “The Hurt Locker,” earning him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal's Keith Flaum

    With his work on some of the largest tech deals of the past year, including Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn and Oracle’s multibillion-dollar string of cloud company acquisitions, Keith Flaum of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has once again made Law360's annual list of Law360’s Technology MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Food & Beverage MVP: Skadden's Sean Doyle

    Sean C. Doyle of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised key clients on more than $15 billion worth of coffee, tea and doughnut deals this year at a time of slowing mergers and acquisitions, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Food and Beverage MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Edward Sassower

    For taking an innovative approach to help fragile oil and gas drilling companies shed debt quickly and advancing the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp. while the value of its assets fluctuated wildly, Edward Sassower of Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned his spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Sports MVPs: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp & Ted Wells

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partners Brad Karp and Theodore Wells guided the NFL to one of the most highly publicized and scrutinized class action settlements in years, ending retired players' claims over cognitive impairments tied to repeated concussions and head injuries, and landing the duo among Law360’s Sports MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mike Brock

    Trial veteran Robert C. "Mike" Brock of Kirkland & Ellis LLP heads up the team representing General Motors in the ignition switch defect bellwether trials, the first of which came to an unusual and swift end earlier this year and landed him a place on Law360’s Product Liability MVPs of 2016.

  • December 16, 2016

    Trials MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen

    The most intriguing detail of Lori Cohen's $28 million trial win for Boston Scientific this February wasn't that eye-popping figure; it was a piece of surprise evidence that helped put the trial in her win column and helped make the Greenberg Traurig rainmaker one of Law360's 2016 Trials MVPs.