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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 01, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Stacey VanBelleghem

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Stacey VanBelleghem has won several important battles for clients over the past year, including defending wind energy developer Orsted A/S from green groups' challenges and helping electric vehicle companies fight challenges to federal standards on greenhouse gas emissions, earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 31, 2024

    MVP: Baron & Budd's Scott Summy

    Scott Summy, head of Baron & Budd PC's environmental litigation group, won what the firm says are the largest and second-largest drinking water contamination settlements in U.S. history — a $12.5 billion settlement with 3M and a $1.185 billion agreement with DuPont — as well as other major water settlements, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 30, 2024

    MVP: Napoli Shkolnik's Paul Napoli

    Paul Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik LLP secured four massive settlements with 3M, Tyco Fire Products, DuPont de Nemours and BASF Corp. ranging from $316.5 million to $12.5 billion on behalf of public water systems impacted by "forever chemical" contamination, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 29, 2024

    MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's Parker Moore

    Parker Moore of Beveridge & Diamond PC, who helped advance the fiercely contested Mountain Valley Pipeline and settled litigation against a leading supplier of endotoxin testing products, is now helping defend tiremakers in litigation over the rubber additive 6PPD, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 28, 2024

    MVP: Sidley's Justin Savage

    Sidley Austin LLP partner Justin Savage has been a steady hand for the firm's clients over the past year, helping BP PLC and Cummins Inc. resolve federal investigations, leading a charge to force Alexandria, Virginia, to stop decades of coal tar discharges into the Potomac River, and successfully advocating for refineries' and petrochemical plants' interests in federal rulemaking — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • 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 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. 

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Stacie B. Fletcher

    Stacie B. Fletcher of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP represented Mercedes-Benz in its win against a Florida county's emission control tampering suit and negotiated enforcement action resolutions for Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. and Matador Resources Co., earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Bracewell's Timothy A. Wilkins

    Timothy L. Wilkins of Bracewell LLP steered clients in coincidental petroleum refinery sales, helped shine a federal spotlight on historic pollution in Houston neighborhoods and headed off federal penalties for the owners of major industrial facilities, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Environment MVPs.

  • October 06, 2023

    MVP: Beveridge & Diamond's Eric Klein

    Beveridge & Diamond PC litigator Eric Klein has led the firm's clients to several significant legal victories over the last year, from key rulings in a sprawling California Superfund case to a big win in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrative law forum, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Environmental MVPs. 

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 29, 2022

    MVP: Troutman Pepper's E. Fitzgerald Veira

    E. Fitzgerald Veira of Troutman Pepper's environmental practice used his engineering background to help government clients in Georgia resolve complex litigation matters typically involving environmental problems with sewer and wastewater infrastructure, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Environmental MVPs.

  • 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 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 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 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.

  • September 02, 2022

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2022 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore J. Leopold

    Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped secure a $641 million partial settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis that received preliminary approval earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Nossaman's Paul Weiland

    Paul Weiland of Nossaman LLP's environmental practice has advised a California county with regard to the largest proposed dam removal project in American history and delivered a huge win on a closely watched endangered species lawsuit involving bumblebees, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Pillsbury's Matthew Morrison

    Matthew Morrison of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP represented the Renewable Fuels Association before the U.S. Supreme Court and helped Valero Energy Corp. negotiate a $2.85 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over refinery pollution, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 13, 2021

    MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Kidwell

    Jonathan Kidwell of Kirkland & Ellis LLP had a busy year advising clients through the environmental side of large deals, including private equity shop KKR & Co. LP's more than $4 billion purchase of an airport services provider and the complex restructurings of Murray Energy and Chesapeake Energy, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 10, 2021

    MVP: Hunton's Deidre Duncan

    Hunton Andrews Kurth's environmental practice leader Deidre Duncan led the firm on several important and high-profile matters over the last year, including winning at the U.S. Supreme Court in an important Clean Water Act permit battle and representing Enbridge Inc. in its ongoing fight to complete a controversial pipeline project, earning her a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • August 30, 2021

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 23, 2020

    MVP: Napoli Shkolnik's Paul J. Napoli

    Paul J. Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC's environmental practice has shown his chops this year by negotiating a partial settlement worth around $600 million for residents of Flint, Michigan, whose water has been tainted by lead for years, and by representing 31,000 utility customers in a drinking water contamination case, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Environmental MVPs.

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