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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 15, 2016

    Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton

    Nossaman LLP’s Robert Thornton spent the past year successfully defending a $1.8 billion highway project in Phoenix that’s been in the works since 1983, helping the city of Bakersfield, California, defeat challenges to two major highway projects, and fending off opponents of the nation’s largest groundwater banking project, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Competition MVP: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman

    Robins Kaplan LLP’s Hollis Salzman has recovered significant sums for plaintiffs as co-lead counsel in a number of antitrust multidistrict litigations, including a total of $1.2 billion in settlements for businesses that accused airlines of fixing cargo prices, earning her a place on Law360’s 2016 list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

    Between his successfully defending Cablevision against a host of unfair labor practice charges, sparing Ford from retirement plan headaches and literally co-writing the book on whistleblower law this year, Gibson Dunn’s Jason C. Schwartz was a shoo-in as a Law360 Employment MVP.

  • December 15, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Kevin Rinker

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP corporate partner Kevin Rinker has dived into the health care space this year and last, working with private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC on two major deals that totaled $17.6 billion and helped earn him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Skadden's Ivan Schlager

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Ivan Schlager landed himself on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs with his work on an array of billion-dollar complex cross-border deals for corporate behemoths such as Apex Technology Co. and Nokia Corp.

  • December 15, 2016

    Transportation MVP: Nossaman's Nancy Smith

    Nossaman LLP's Nancy C. Smith bolstered her reputation as an infrastructure financing ace, closing the public-private partnership deal for Maryland's $5.6 billion Purple Line and crafting the design-build contract for Orange County, California's $900 million I-405 improvement project, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Transportation MVPs for 2016.

  • December 15, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Gary Holtzer

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Gary Holtzer represented debtors and creditors alike in some of the biggest bankruptcies of 2016, including multiple billion-dollar oil and gas industry restructurings, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel R. Warren

    BakerHostetler partner Daniel R. Warren proved his prowess as a privacy litigator over the past year by relentlessly defending clients like Community Health Systems and Schnucks against data breach litigation, earning him a spot among Law360’s Privacy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Sullivan's Krishna Veeraraghavan

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Krishna Veeraraghavan regularly guides pharmaceutical companies through billion-dollar transactions, including representing cancer drug maker Stemcentrx as AbbVie Inc. purchased it for a record-breaking $9.8 billion, landing him a spot as one of Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2016.

  • December 14, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Paul Weiss' Catherine Nyarady

    In 2016 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Catherine Nyarady litigated groundbreaking cases in the biotechnology and medical space, earning her a place among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Environmental MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Paul M. Seby

    Greenberg Traurig’s Paul M. Seby, who serves as North Dakota’s special assistant attorney general, cemented his spot among Law360’s 2016 Environmental MVPs by representing the state in litigation over some of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most contentious regulations, including the Clean Power Plan and the Clean Water Rule.

  • December 14, 2016

    Privacy MVP: King & Spalding's Phyllis Sumner

    King & Spalding LLP’s Phyllis Sumner spent 2016 guiding major retail names through class actions over high-profile data breaches and winning summary judgment to protect credit reporting agency practices, winning her a spot among Law360’s 2016 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Jones Day's Andrew Levine

    Andrew Levine has always sought interesting and complex deals in his practice, and this year was no different for the Jones Day partner, as he advised on the $1.56 billion sale of Penton and the $1.5 billion cross-border acquisition of Relypsa Inc., landing him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Competition MVP: Cohen Milstein's Richard Koffman

    For his work reaching momentous settlements on behalf of clients in antitrust cases, including an $835 million agreement with Dow Chemical in a suit over urethane price fixing, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Richard A. Koffman has earned a place among Law360’s 2016 competition MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Employment MVP: Sanford Heisler's David Sanford

    David Sanford of Sanford Heisler LLP helped a pair of Chadbourne & Parke LLP female attorneys lodge a landmark $100 million lawsuit accusing the firm of discriminating against them and other women, and guided thousands of female Qualcomm Technologies Inc. employees to a rare $19.5 million pre-suit settlement in their own bias suit, earning him a place on Law360's list of 2016 employment MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    International Arbitration MVP: Dechert's Eduardo Silva Romero

    Dechert LLP's Eduardo Silva Romero helped convince a World Bank tribunal to slash $700 million from a $1.77 billion award issued to Occidental Petroleum Corp. following a dispute with Ecuador, the largest annulment ever at the World Bank's dispute resolution forum, landing him a spot among Law360's 2016 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: BakerHostetler's Elizabeth A. Green

    BakerHostetler’s Elizabeth Green took the lead on several large Chapter 11 cases in the energy and health care industries in 2016, securing three plan confirmations and freeing Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC from more than $700 million in offshore oil platform decommissioning obligations, making her one of Law360's Bankruptcy MVPs for 2016.

  • December 14, 2016

    Government Contracts MVP: Perkins Coie's Andrew Shipley

    A pair of major bid protest wins, including one for Harris Corp. that added a new phrase to the government contracting lexicon, headline a busy year for Perkins Coie LLP’s Andrew Shipley, one that has earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Transportation MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Robert Siegel

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Robert Siegel cemented his reputation this year as one of the nation's foremost airline labor lawyers by carrying American Airlines to victory in a long-running dispute with flight attendants and advising on Alaska Airlines’ and Virgin America’s proposed $4 billion merger, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Transportation MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Wiley Rein's Daniel Pickard

    Wiley Rein LLP partner Daniel Pickard’s passionate trade law advocacy for steel giants and small-town manufacturers has earned him his first appearance on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Environmental MVP: White & Case's Tallat Hussain

    For her efforts as lead environment counsel advising lenders on a variety of multibillion-dollar projects around the world and her pro bono work on behalf of human trafficking victims, White & Case LLP’s Tallat Hussain has earned a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Employment MVP: Akin Gump's Daniel Nash

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Daniel Nash handled several high-profile cases for the National Football League in 2016, including a legal battle over the Deflategate suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, helping earn him a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Latham & Watkins' John Manthei

    Latham & Watkins LLP’s John Manthei served as lead counsel for Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a dispute that prompted a rare formal withdrawal of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letter, earning himself a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Sidley Austin's Ayaz Shaikh

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Ayaz Shaikh had a blockbuster 2016, representing Mongolia Railways in a $7 billion rail project, advising Facebook and an Asian investor group on satellite procurement deals and working with Macquarie to secure a credit facility for multiple U.S. natural gas power projects, earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Transportation MVP: Orrick's Dan Mathews

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Dan Mathews has spent the past year advising clients on multimillion-dollar infrastructure deals across the U.S., including a $2.2 billion computer rail line in Maryland that reached financial close in April, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Transportation MVPs.