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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.
  • October 17, 2023

    MVP: Davis Wright's Nathan Siegel

    Nathan Siegel of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has wielded his nonfiction storytelling chops in defense of media outlets and docudrama series, including in a defamation case at the Sixth Circuit over coverage of a viral 2019 video showing a high school student and a Native American activist standing face-to-face, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • October 17, 2023

    MVP: Baker Botts' Hopkins Guy

    Hopkins Guy at Baker Botts LLP was part of a legal team that convinced a federal judge in Utah to flip a $469 million verdict against Dish Network Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 intellectual property MVPs.

  • October 17, 2023

    MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Anthony Del Rio

    Anthony M. Del Rio of Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as the lead health care regulatory attorney advising Oak Street Health Inc. in its $10.6 billion sale to CVS Health Corp. and advised Envision Healthcare Corp. on its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Health Care MVPs.

  • October 17, 2023

    MVP: Paul Hastings' Eric Dittmann

    Eric Dittmann of Paul Hastings LLP shepherded Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. through its win over Novartis Pharma AG after a four-year multibillion-dollar royalty battle and represented L'Oreal in protecting its skincare business after a suit filed by the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Carmel Laboratories threatened 180 products, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Catherine Amirfar

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Catherine Amirfar is representing small island nations in a landmark case that asks a United Nations tribunal to ensure nations can be held to their climate change commitments, earning her a spot among Law360's International Arbitration MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Sean Tierney

    Sean Tierney of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped advise a joint venture in its $835 million post-pandemic acquisition of The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, and also represented a joint venture as it reopened Manhattan's Hilton Times Square, winning him a place among Law360's 2023 Hospitality MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Davis Polk's David Bauer

    David Bauer of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Cellular Biomedicine Group on its licensing agreement with Janssen, in order to bring new cancer treatments outside of China, which earned him a spot among Law360's 2023 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Clifford Stromberg

    Hogan Lovells' Clifford D. Stromberg has guided numerous health care organizations — from academic medical centers to large health systems — through complex transactions worth billions of dollars, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Health MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Covington's Michael Hill

    Michael Hill of Covington & Burling LLP's commercial and corporate transactional practice coached the National Football League through its multibillion-dollar streaming deal with YouTube, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Media & Entertainment MVPs. 

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Cohen Ziffer's Robin Cohen

    Robin Cohen of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP and her team representing an ex-Xerox unit overturned a jury verdict that favored a group of insurers concerning coverage of a $236 million Medicaid fraud-related settlement, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Insurance MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Husch Blackwell's Daniel Wilson

    Daniel Wilson of Husch Blackwell LLP knows his way around the challenging and high-stakes world of trade enforcement, something clean energy firms found valuable when facing, and ultimately escaping, duties on their products, earning Wilson a spot among Law360's 2023 International Trade MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Matt Wolf

    Matt Wolf of Arnold & Porter helped Sanofi and Regeneron land a win over Amgen in a case that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices held that a patent covering a class of processes must provide enough information allowing people to replicate the full scope of the invention, landing him a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: The Collins Law Firm's Shawn M. Collins

    Shawn M. Collins of The Collins Law Firm PC helped Willowbrook, Illinois, residents pursue claims a Sterigenics facility recklessly polluted the community's air with carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions and reach a record $363 million verdict for one plaintiff and a $408 million settlement for hundreds of others, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Wiley's Scott M. McCaleb

    Wiley Rein LLP's Scott McCaleb helped secure a landmark data rights markings settlement between Boeing and the U.S. Air Force and repelled a whistleblower suit against CGI Federal, landing him a spot among Law360's Government Contract MVPs of 2023.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Renata B. Hesse

    Renata Hesse, co-head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's antitrust group, had a busy year. Her work in Canadian Pacific's $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern led to the creation of the first single-line rail network connecting Canada, the United States and Mexico. Meanwhile, the counsel she provided Amgen in its $28.3 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics helped the biotech company defend against a challenge by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Her leadership and counsel in those transactions and other matters earned her a spot among Law360's 2023 Competition MVPs. 

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Weil's Andrew Chizzik

    Andrew Chizzik of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP advised Genstar Capital Formation on a $12.6 billion buyout fund this year and advised Brookfield Asset Management on several significant matters, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Inosi Nyatta

    Inosi Nyatta of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's finance & restructuring group advised Sempra Infrastructure Partners in its $7 billion financing of the Port Arthur liquefied natural gas project and guided Chevron in its acquisition of a major stake in the world's largest proposed hydrogen storage facility, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Energy MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Philip A. Miscimarra

    Philip A. Miscimarra, a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, played a key role in helping the United States Football League negotiate its first collective bargaining agreement covering about 350 professional athletes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andy Dietderich

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich steered the bankruptcy of collapsed cryptocurrency platform FTX this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • October 13, 2023

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Broome

    Stephen Broome, co-chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's data privacy and security practice, was lead counsel in defense of Google in its nationwide data privacy class action surrounding Chrome user data collection, and his team's favorable resolution of that case earns him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Morrison Foerster's Kevin P. Mullen

    Kevin Mullen of Morrison Foerster's government contracts practice led the successful defense of Sig Sauer's $4.5 billion weapons contract with the U.S. Army and headed the team that won Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance's protest of a $45 billion award for nuclear waste cleanup, making him one of Law360's 2023 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Colin Lloyd

    Colin Lloyd, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, is a key member of the team representing failed cryptocurrency platform FTX in its bankruptcy proceedings and also advised EDX Markets, a first-of-its-kind cryptocurrency exchange, through the launch of its platform earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Fintech MVPs. 

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Skadden's Karen M. Lent

    Karen M. Lent of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped defend the PGA Tour in a massive antitrust lawsuit brought by its own golfers, which ended in a settlement between the organization and its competitor LIV Golf Inc., earning her a place among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Beth Herrington

    Beth Herrington of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP steered major changes in the interpretation of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, landing her a spot among Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy MVPs.

  • October 12, 2023

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Robert Nelson

    Robert Nelson of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's environmental law practice secured a $230 million settlement on behalf of property owners and fishers impacted by a massive Santa Barbara, California, oil spill and a $40 million deal on behalf of homeowners affected by the California Porter Ranch gas leak, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental MVPs.