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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 11, 2014

    Environmental MVP: Morgan Lewis' Hugh Tanner

    A veteran of decades of oil and gas industry litigation, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Hugh Tanner was called within days of the April 2010 Macondo well explosion to lead a unit of longtime client Schlumberger out of the Deepwater Horizon litigation — a task he completed after four years of litigation and several congressional investigations, landing him among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's Amanda Morrison

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Amanda Morrison deftly handled a variety of transactions across the private equity portfolio-company life cycle this year, including an “inordinately complicated” $1.4 billion spinoff and the $1.5 billion IPO of a TPG Capital-backed health care company, to land a spot among Law360's Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Keith Fullenweider

    Vinson & Elkins LLP partner Keith Fullenweider helped guide some of the biggest and most-complex energy transactions of 2014, continuing his long track record of success in the field and earning him a spot among Law360’s Energy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morris Manning's Lauren Prevost

    Morris Manning & Martin LLP’s Lauren Prevost was the quarterback for a team of lawyers that, on top of two multibillion-dollar mergers this year, closed an $11.2 billion merger that created the country’s largest net lease real estate investment trust, making her one of Law360’s Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Katie Martin

    Between her work on an array of financing moves made by both Twitter Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's Katharine Martin has spent much of the past year successfully navigating pressure-packed, high-profile situations, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Wiley Rein's Charles C. Lemley

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Charles C. Lemley helped XL Specialty Insurance Co. and other insurers shake off the Washington Mutual Inc. liquidating trust’s suit seeking millions to cover executives' defense costs, one of several important insurance-related victories this year that landed him among Law360’s 2014 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Rick Ross

    From guiding the blockbuster sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel to chaperoning high-ticket deals for properties across five continents, Denton’s Rick Ross had a hand in some of the luxury hospitality world’s biggest market-moving deals in 2014, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Willkie Farr's Matthew Feldman

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Matthew Feldman helped private equity-owned Momentive Performance Materials Inc. secure court approval for its plan to exit bankruptcy $3 billion lighter in debt, a hotly debated, blockbuster ruling that earns him a spot among Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Lawrence Riff in the span of just two months secured defense verdicts for Monsanto Co. in the first of dozens of cases alleging its polychlorinated biphenyl products caused cancer and for ConocoPhillips Co. and Union Oil Co. of California in litigation over gasoline leaks that a developer claimed dirtied the site of a planned construction project, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Hospitality MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci

    Successfully shepherding the historic sale of the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel was one of several blockbuster deals and developments completed by Dentons' Meghan Cocci this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2014 Hospitality MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Korff

    Using often complex and innovative deal structures, Kirkland & Ellis LLP capital markets partner Joshua Korff oversaw 35 initial public offerings worth $14.5 billion this past year, earning him a place on Law360's 2014 list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP partner Robin Cohen won an appellate decision that kept IMO Industries Inc. covered for a deluge of asbestos claims under a $1.8 billion insurance program, living up to her reputation for staring down insurance companies angling for a quick settlement and earning her a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Ross Moskowitz

    Guiding Sterling Equities in the $3 billion redevelopment of Willets Point in Queens and KNIC Partners LLP on the $320 million Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx has earned Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's Ross Moskowitz a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Energy MVP: Chadbourne & Parke's Peter Fitzgerald

    Work on a series of ambitious renewable energy projects in Chile, as well as a lead role in helping to finance the first new U.S. nuclear reactors in nearly three decades, has landed Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s Peter Fitzgerald on Law360’s list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Simpson Thacher's Marni Lerner

    Thanks to her wide-ranging work representing various private equity firms and many of their portfolio companies — including several of private equity titan KKR & Co. LP's — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Marni J. Lerner has earned a spot on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Employment MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly Dermody

    As the head of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's employment practice group, partner Kelly M. Dermody has been at the forefront of contentious gender discrimination cases against Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as well as a case accusing numerous Silicon Valley tech giants of conspiring to suppress workers' pay, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Life Sciences MVP: Irell & Manella's David Gindler

    Irell & Manella LLP partner David I. Gindler scored a clear victory as lead counsel for molecular diagnostics company Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. in a patent infringement fight against Sequenom Inc., securing him a spot among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Food & Beverage MVP: Hunton & Williams' Richard Wyatt Jr.

    Hunton & Williams LLP partner Richard Wyatt Jr.'s work unraveling a price-inflation scheme by one of the largest food distributors in the U.S. and leading an antitrust suit on behalf of supermarkets added a plaintiff-side wrinkle to his normally defense-oriented practice and earned him a spot among Law360's Food and Beverage MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers

    Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers has had a hectic, successful year, closing such complex real estate deals as The Related Cos. LP's $1.3 billion acquisition of the Time Warner Center, among other massive transactions, and landing on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Employment MVP: Ogletree Deakins' Ron Chapman

    Ron Chapman Jr. of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC scored a big victory for employers when the Fifth Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s holding that arbitration agreements that include class waivers violate federal labor law, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kramer Levin's Kenneth Eckstein

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's restructuring pros can be found working many high-profile bankruptcies, and co-head Kenneth Eckstein's work leading the 45-lawyer group and piloting Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. out of its $1.4 billion bankruptcy this year have earned him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Life Sciences MVP: Morgan Lewis' Randy Sunberg

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Randall B. Sunberg helped put together several big deals in the life sciences sector over the past year, including representing Merck & Co. Inc. in selling its consumer products business to Bayer AG, boosting him to a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Environmental MVP: King & Spalding's Robert Meadows

    King & Spalding LLP partner Robert Meadows has represented Chevron Corp. in its ongoing battle against a Louisiana levee board’s multibillion-dollar suit over alleged damage to the state’s coastal ecosystem and successfully defended Shell Oil Co. in drinking water contamination litigation, among other cases, earning him a place on Law360’s list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Capital Markets MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Jeffrey Karpf

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Jeffrey Karpf was instrumental in the $2 billion initial public offering of Banco Santander SA’s U.S. auto loan unit and steered the $13.35 billion cash-and-stock sale of orthopedic products maker Biomet Inc., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Private Equity MVP: Kirkland's Leo Greenberg

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Leo Greenberg in the past year smoothed out a series of high-stakes deals, including the most complex carveout of his career and a multibillion-dollar transaction that put a young investment vehicle on the map, cementing his place on Law360's list of Private Equity MVPs.