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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 24, 2015

    Sports MVP: Proskauer Rose's Bradley Ruskin

    Thanks to his work representing the gamut of professional sports leagues on a host of complex litigation matters in various courts, Proskauer Rose LLP's Bradley I. Ruskin has been named one of Law360's sports MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Telecom MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott Delacourt

    TracFone's $40 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over data plans was one of several instances where Wiley Rein LLP’s Scott Delacourt advised a major telecom player in a brush-up with regulators, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Telecom MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Competition MVP: Davis Polk's Christopher Hockett

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Christopher Hockett helped to defeat allegations that client T-Mobile and others fixed prices on pay-per-use text messages in a massive class action of more than 100 million U.S. customers seeking nearly $3 billion in damages, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Competition MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Faegre Baker Daniels' Joe Price

    Faegre Baker Daniels’ Joe Price is a veteran of mass torts litigation that took wing in the 1970s and his recent key victories for device maker Zimmer Inc. in the first bellwether trials over its allegedly defective Durom Cup hip replacement device have put him among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William Burck

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner William Burck dismantled the government's prosecution of former Petro Tiger Ltd. Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman in a high-profile foreign bribery case and is also lead U.S. counsel for FIFA in a global bribery investigation at the world soccer governing body, earning him recognition on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sas Mehrara

    Closing complex, billion-dollar deals for private equity's biggest real estate players, such as Blackstone's $23 billion acquisition with Wells Fargo of GE Capital Real Estate's near-entire portfolio, has earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sasan “Sas” Mehrara a place on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 23, 2015

    Sports MVP: Latham & Watkins' Christopher Brearton

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Christopher D. Brearton rode a winding path from college athlete to being one of the go-to legal advisers for sports organizations and their content providers, but the experience has ultimately placed him at the forefront of some of the industry's biggest deals and landed him among Law360’s Sports MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Morgan Lewis' Allyson N. Ho

    Allyson N. Ho of Morgan Lewis & Bockius had just scored a U.S. Supreme Court victory addressing the duration of retiree benefits last year when she faced the justices yet again in a case spotlighting deference to agency decisions, marking an ambitious schedule that carved her a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.

  • November 23, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay P. Lefkowitz maintained his place among Law360’s Life Science MVPs this year by scoring wins for Teva and other pharmaceutical giants in pay for delay, failure to warn and False Claims Act cases across the country.

  • November 23, 2015

    International Trade MVP: Skadden Arps' Ivan Schlager

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Ivan Schlager secured a spot on Law360’s list of 2015 International Trade MVPs after he ushered in telecommunication deals that are impressive in both scope and size, such as Broadcom’s $37 billion semiconductor transaction and Nokia’s $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.

  • November 20, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Covington's Phyllis Jones

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Phyllis Jones achieved an impressive hat trick earlier this year by snagging victories in three separate trials held during the course of one month in sprawling litigation over Eli Lilly & Co.'s alleged concealment of the withdrawal risks of its antidepressant Cymbalta, earning her a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs for 2015.

  • November 20, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Paul Weiss' Harris Freidus

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP’s Harris Freidus clocked about $9.5 billion in deals in the last 12 months for a list of clients that includes some of the nation’s largest health care REITs and real estate developers, landing him among Law360’s 2015 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 20, 2015

    Health MVP: Skadden's Jeremy London

    In a hot year for deal-making in the health care sector, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jeremy London has kept busy with a host of deals, including his representation of Centene Corp. in a $6.8 billion transaction that is poised to make it the fourth largest player in the managed care sector, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Health MVPs.

  • November 20, 2015

    Competition MVP: Cravath's Christine Varney

    Christine Varney’s previous roles as FTC commissioner and high-ranking DOJ antitrust official have served her well this year in advising companies on big ticket deals, such as Heinz in its $60 billion merger with Kraft and Integrys Energy Group in a $9.1 billion sale, landing the Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP partner among Law360’s Competition MVPs for 2015.

  • November 20, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Jones Walker's Michael Magner

    Jones Walker LLP's Michael Magner helped to exonerate the highest-ranking BP PLC executive criminally charged over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, calling multiple character witnesses in a risky trial gambit, earning him a spot on Law360's list of White Collar MVPs.

  • November 20, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jim Hurst

    Twenty-five years of winning in front of judges, juries and appellate court panels led James Hurst to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, where the Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney garnered a major victory for generic drugmakers and simultaneously helped win himself a spot on Law360's 2015 list of life sciences MVPs.

  • November 20, 2015

    Sports MVP: Katten Muchin's Adam Klein

    NBA teams from California to Wisconsin turned to Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Adam R. Klein for help building new arenas in the past year, bolstering Klein's reputation as a top-shelf sports transactions lawyer and earning him a place among Law360's Sports MVPs for 2015.

  • November 20, 2015

    Telecom MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Brian Hamilton

    Navigating the Charter CommunicationsInc.-Bright House Networks LLC $10.4 billion tie-up was tricky enough, but quickly reworking the deal when Charter decided to pursue Time Warner Cable has earned Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Brian Hamilton a spot on Law360's 2015 list of telecom MVPs.

  • November 20, 2015

    International Trade MVP: O'Melveny's Ted Kassinger

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Ted Kassinger punched his ticket to Law360's International Trade MVPs by helping to obtain crucial government clearance on massive technology deals for IBM Corp. and securing a landmark exception to the U.S. government's nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.

  • November 20, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Goodwin Procter's William Jay

    With two U.S. Supreme Court wins under his belt by March, Goodwin Procter LLP's Willy Jay went on to tangle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a challenge to the agency's first-ever completed administrative adjudication and scored big wins for pharma clients in federal district court, making him a 2015 Appellate MVP.

  • November 19, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Bowman & Brooke's Joel Smith

    Joel Smith, managing partner at Bowman & Brooke LLP, has been a central figure in two of the biggest product liability crises to hit the automotive industry in recent history, including Honda's handling of the massive recall over faulty Takata air bags, placing him among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander

    Dechert LLP's Andrew Levander had a busy 2015, guiding Takata Corp. through its litigation and regulatory quagmire and reaching a remarkable settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a former Fanny Mae executive, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of white collar MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Orrick's Michael Liever

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP’s Michael Liever spearheaded a staggering $5 billion in real estate transactions over the past year, including a new sports arena in Sacramento and luxury apartment buildings in Seattle, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Irell's David Gindler

    Irell & Manella LLP’s David Gindler has become one of the life sciences industry’s go-to attorneys when it comes to patent cases, and key wins this past year for Ariosa Diagnostics and other cutting-edge industry players cemented that reputation and his place among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 19, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker

    Helgi C. Walker, co-chair of Gibson Dunn's administrative law and regulatory group, has continued building her reputation as a go-to counsel for high-stakes appellate challenges of federal agency actions, leading cutting-edge litigation for a range of industries in the last year and earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.