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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.
  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Nossaman's Liz Cousins

    Liz Cousins of Nossaman LLP has advised and worked on multiple environmental and sustainability projects in California and beyond, including the East County Advanced Water Purification Project, which aims to improve San Diego's sustainable water supply, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: US Soccer Federation's Karen Leetzow

    Last year, U.S. Soccer's general counsel Karen Leetzow helped put a damaging legal fight to rest by brokering a settlement with the U.S. Women's National Team and helped the federation strike a historic collective bargaining agreement with both the women's and men's teams that puts both on an equal footing, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Sports MVPs.

  • September 28, 2022

    MVP: Sidley's Lilya Tessler

    Sidley Austin LLP's Lilya Tessler steered securities exchange IEX Group Inc. through a first-of-its-kind investment by crypto exchange FTX US while advocating broadly for regulatory clarity around digital assets, cementing her spot amid Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki

    Adam Hakki of Shearman & Sterling LLP secured dismissal of racketeering and fraud claims against Citigroup in a suit alleging it conspired with a Mexican oil services company, and persuaded a magistrate judge to recommend dismissal of claims against financial services firm Jefferies Group LLC in a special-purpose acquisition company merger case, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Gregory Evans

    Gregory Evans of McGuire Woods LLP's environmental practice represented Grupo Mexico subsidiary Asarco LLC in a successful bid to recoup cleanup costs for the East Helena Superfund site from Atlantic Richfield Co., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: White & Case's Adam Acosta

    Adam Acosta of White & Case LLP's life sciences practice has guided various health care giants through high-stakes litigation, including helping client AbbVie Inc. escape two antitrust class action complaints over hypertension medication Bystolic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: Skadden's Page W. Griffin

    Page Griffin of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP served as lead benefits counsel to Elon Musk in his $44 billion attempted purchase of Twitter and advised Activision Blizzard on executive compensation and benefits aspects during its acquisition by Microsoft, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: Crowell & Moring's Stephen J. McBrady

    Crowell & Moring LLP's Stephen McBrady scored precedent-setting victories for Lockheed Martin in its $143 million battle with the Air Force over C-5 Galaxy repair costs and helped a Colorado health plan recover $25 million from the federal government, landing him a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: Sidley's Irwin Raij

    Irwin Raij of Sidley Austin LLP spearheaded negotiations on behalf of New York state for the Buffalo Bills' $1.4 billion stadium and for the city of Miami when settling terms for its Major League Soccer franchise's facility, earning him a spot on Law360's 2022 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 27, 2022

    MVP: Cravath's David L. Portilla

    David L. Portilla of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP guided Afterpay Ltd. in its $29 billion acquisition by the company formerly known as Square Inc. and advised industry players on proposals for novel crypto asset market regulation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Jean McLoughlin

    Jean McLoughlin of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's executive compensation practice group guided Nuance through its $19 billion sale to Microsoft and advised General Electric in the $30 billion merger of its jet leasing unit with an Irish company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp

    Brad Karp of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP led the team that represented the NFL in a highly publicized, landmark settlement of hundreds of concussion lawsuits filed by thousands of former players, and the settlement of a racial discrimination class action filed by Black former players denied payments in the concussion settlement, which earned him his place among Law360's 2022 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's David Bilsker And David Perlson

    As a pair, David Bilsker and David Perlson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP spent the last year at the helm of a Chinese biotech giant's legal war over DNA patents against Illumina, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Science MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Earthjustice's Sara Gersen

    Sara Gersen of Earthjustice helped write an attention-grabbing white paper on the use and misuse of hydrogen for clean energy, secured a $10 million fine against a major California gas utility, and reached a favorable deal for New Mexico consumers opting for solar energy, making her one of Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Covington's Scott Freling

    Scott Freling of Covington & Burling LLP is an M&A maven, having guided big deals, including Veritas Capital's $1.65 billion sale of a company he helped the firm acquire, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Susanna Buergel

    Susanna Buergel of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped notch a $60 million settlement for Morgan Stanley in a consumer data privacy class action, and helped secure the dismissal of another class action alleging various banks manipulated the market for U.S. Treasury Department securities, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.

  • September 26, 2022

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Samson 'Sam' Enzer

    Samson "Sam" Enzer of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, best-known for his work in the cryptocurrency space as both a federal prosecutor and now a founding member of Cahill Gordon's cryptocurrency enforcement practice, led the defense team of a New York couple accused of laundering nearly $4.5 billion in bitcoin, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Covington's Amy Toro

    Throughout the past year, Amy L. Toro of Covington & Burling LLP led life sciences companies like Sanofi and AstraZeneca through deals worth well into the billions, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Cadwalader's Lary Stromfeld

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's Lary Stromfeld has provided tireless counsel to banks on their preparations for the move away from Libor and was a key architect of legislative solutions to head off the financial industry's potentially trillion-dollar "tough legacy" transition woes, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Banking MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Nancy Ross

    Mayer Brown LLP's Nancy Ross won summary judgment rulings ending Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits against Northrop Grumman and AT&T, along with dismissals for several employers facing 401(k) challenges, all while leading her firm's ERISA litigation practice, landing her a spot among Law360's 2022 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Adam Sullins

    Adam Sullins of Latham & Watkins LLP has worked to get Caesars Entertainment the naming rights to the Superdome in New Orleans and helped the U.S. secure its bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Bradley Arant's Aron Beezley

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Aron Beezley helped a health care distributor win a protest of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' unlawful efforts to transfer a massive medical supply contract to another agency, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's John Terzaken

    John Terzaken of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped score dismissals in an antitrust case for Deutsche Bank involving complex financial instruments and for Micron in a price-fixing case over memory chips, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Competition MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Anchorage Digital's Georgia Quinn

    Anchorage Digital's general counsel Georgia Quinn provided clutch legal guidance to the nation's first federally chartered digital asset bank in its quest to embrace regulation and oversight from inside the cryptocurrency industry, landing her a place among Law360's 2022 Fintech MVPs.

  • September 23, 2022

    MVP: Covington's Kevin Poloncarz

    Covington & Burling LLP's environmental and energy practice group co-chair Kevin Poloncarz led the firm on several important and high-profile matters over the last year, including representing large utilities in a huge U.S. Supreme Court Clean Air Act case and helping shape the federal government's efforts to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.