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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 03, 2019
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Richard Birns
Richard Birns of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped steer a consortium of businesses and investors in the $3.5 billion acquisition of a majority stake in the YES Network as well as two take-private deals for Evergreen Coast Capital, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 03, 2019
MVP: King & Spalding's Mark Polston
King & Spalding LLP's Mark Polston secured wins for some of the biggest names in medicine over the past year, including a federal appeals court victory for the American Clinical Laboratory Association, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Paul Hastings' Dana Kromm
Paul Hastings LLP's Dana Kromm has distinguished herself as a premiere adviser in the private equity space, leading tech-focused Francisco Partners' in its sale of ClickSoftware that was valued at $1.4 billion and earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Pillsbury's Jay Silberg
Jay Silberg of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP successfully helped a client fight opposition to a planned interim spent nuclear fuel facility and has logged decades of work on nuclear issues, providing him a unique understanding of the field's long-running policy issues and making him one of Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Proskauer's Martin J. Bienenstock
Martin Bienenstock, chair of Proskauer Rose LLP's bankruptcy practice, led the team that has produced a restructuring plan for Puerto Rico's government debt, and defended one of the United States' largest bankruptcy consultants against conflict of interest claims, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi
Williams & Connolly LLP's Enu Mainigi helped defeat a major billing fraud case brought against CVS by the state of Texas, and she is spearheading Cardinal Health Inc.'s defense in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner D. Brian Hufford successfully challenged insurance companies this year after they denied coverage for mental health and substance abuse claims, landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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December 02, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Elizabeth Dubeck
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Elizabeth Dubeck helped several companies secure financing to rebuild terminals at some of the country's largest airports, and assisted the Port of Oakland on part of its project financing, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Project Finance MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Latham's Daniel Meron
Latham & Watkins LLP's Daniel Meron secured a win for UnitedHealth Group in a challenge to a Medicare overpayment rule and is representing Merck & Co., Eli Lilly and Amgen in their challenge to a federal regulation mandating the disclosure of wholesale drug prices in television advertisements, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Health Care MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Skadden's Allison Schneirov
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Allison Schneirov spent the past year guiding clients like Permira and Silver Lake Partners in major domestic and international transactions, including a particularly busy summer in which she steered four deals simultaneously, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Private Equity MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Mayer Brown's Brian Netter
Mayer Brown LLP partner Brian Netter succeeded in winning dismissals of class action lawsuits against Georgetown University, George Washington University, Long Island University and the University of Rochester this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Benefits MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: V&E's Doug McWilliams
Vinson & Elkins LLP's Doug McWilliams helped guide a $2.2 billion deal involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and several other multibillion-dollar oil and gas transactions over the past year, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Energy MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Willkie Farr's Archie Fallon
Archie Fallon of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's corporate and financial services practice has helped facilitate deals for a novel liquefied natural gas terminal that aims to fuel ships and worked on a significant energy storage project in Utah, landing him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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November 27, 2019
MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Sussberg
Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis' restructuring practice has worked tirelessly over the past year to execute restructuring plans for Forever 21, Toys R Us and Barneys as the "Amazon effect" has wreaked havoc on the retail industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny & Myers' Molly Lens
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Molly Lens spent the past year shutting down a major copyright infringement suit over the hit TV show "Empire," chopping $128 million off of an arbitration award tied to "Bones," and deftly parrying cross-claims asserted by Netflix in a poaching lawsuit brought by Fox, making her one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Stueve Siegel's Norman Siegel
Norman Siegel of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has helped consumers secure significant settlements in precedent-setting data breach disputes, including ones involving Equifax and the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott M. McCaleb
Scott McCaleb of Wiley Rein LLP successfully defended Boeing in an Eighth Circuit appeal over wrongful termination and stopped the government from intervening in False Claims Act suits involving his clients, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Dentons' Meghan Cocci
Meghan Cocci of Dentons' global hotels and leisure practice has delivered deals for a range of clients in the past year, including Starwood Capital Group, Hampshire Hospitality Group and Montage International, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Hospitality MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Lisa Ellman
Hogan Lovells' Lisa Ellman navigates an emerging technology by running a nonprofit that represents commercial drone users, and she advises organizations like CNN and NASA on compliance with drone technology regulations, landing her a spot among Law360's 2019 Transportation MVPs.
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November 26, 2019
MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Stephanie Sheridan
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Stephanie Sheridan advises clients including Kohl's and Macy's on high-profile, challenging cases whose outcomes have major implications for retailers around the U.S., landing her among Law360's 2019 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.
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November 25, 2019
MVP: O'Melveny's Robert Siegel
As one of the nation's foremost airline labor lawyers, O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Robert Siegel carried American Airlines to victory in a fight with its mechanics union over an illegal work slowdown and won an injunction for Atlas Air against pilots engaged in a similar slowdown, landing him among Law360's 2019 Transportation MVPs.
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November 25, 2019
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Joseph Duffy
Joseph Duffy of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP helped Gap Inc. and other retailers defeat several class actions accusing them of advertising misleading prices, and secured a complete victory for Walgreens and Rite Aid in a pair of putative class actions in the California Supreme Court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.
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November 25, 2019
MVP: Miller & Chevalier's Jason N. Workmaster
Jason Workmaster of Miller & Chevalier Chtd. helped secure a big win for a KBR unit in a long-running contract row with the government, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Government Contracts MVPs.
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November 25, 2019
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Luke Nikas
Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP scored a victory for the Andy Warhol Foundation in a copyright suit over Warhol's portraits of the late artist Prince, and won a contract dispute for young tennis star Naomi Osaka, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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November 25, 2019
MVP: DLA Piper's Lynn Cadwalader
DLA Piper's Lynn Cadwalader has represented clients in acquiring and developing Californian properties for high-profile, mixed-use developments valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, landing her among Law360's 2019 Hospitality MVPs.