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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 23, 2024

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Joseph G. Petrosinelli

    Joseph G. Petrosinelli led Williams & Connolly LLP teams in successfully defending major U.S. corporate clients, including Pfizer, Gerber and Google, from large class claims often spilling across multiple state and federal courts, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 22, 2024

    MVP: Keller Rohrback's Gretchen Freeman Cappio

    Keller Rohrback LLP partner Gretchen Freeman Cappio helped consumers reach a $150 million deal over claims that Chevrolet Bolt cars made by General Motors LLC and LG units had battery defects that led to overheating and fires, earning her a spot as one of the Law360 2024 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 21, 2024

    MVP: Seeger Weiss' Chris Seeger

    Founding partner Chris Seeger of Seeger Weiss LLP helped win favorable outcomes in three high-profile mass tort cases, including a $6 billion global settlement to end sprawling litigation over allegedly defective 3M combat earplugs, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability 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 25, 2023

    MVP: Seeger Weiss' Chris Seeger

    Seeger Weiss LLP co-founder Chris Seeger's work on the historically large multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective 3M combat earplugs, which recently culminated in a $6 billion settlement, landed him a spot on Law360's 2023 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 23, 2023

    MVP: Kirkland's Renee D. Smith

    Renee D. Smith of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has helped secure settlements while representing 3M in multidistrict litigation over its Combat Arms Earplugs and defending Juul in litigation over its advertising of vape products, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 20, 2023

    MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker

    Stephanie Parker and her team at Jones Day snatched a significant victory for client R.J. Reynolds, defeating an effort by Philip Morris to remove its vaping product from the market, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Product Liability 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 20, 2022

    MVP: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton

    Robins Kaplan partner Tara Sutton's work as a lead negotiator on securing a nearly $590 million settlement for Native American tribes in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis secured her spot on the list of Law360's 2022 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 19, 2022

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser & Richard Heimann

    Elizabeth Cabraser of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped obtain a landmark $26 billion settlement over allegedly improper opioid marketing practices, while fellow partner Richard Heimann helped win a key bellwether trial over the opioid crisis in San Francisco, earning them a spot among Law360's 2022 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 16, 2022

    MVP: Kirkland's Jennifer Levy And Donna Welch

    Donna Welch and Jennifer Levy, partners at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, represented opioid manufacturer Allergan PLC in the first opioid trial that culminated in a win for drugmakers in November in California state court, securing them a place on Law360's 2022 Product Liability 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: O'Melveny's Steve Brody

    Steve Brody led an O'Melveny & Myers LLP team in helping to convince a New Jersey appeals court that Brody's client, Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc., didn't get a fair shake when the lower court allowed regulatory evidence to be withheld, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's James Young

    Morgan & Morgan's James Young secured a record $65 million settlement for the state of Montana against Big Tobacco that set a model for other states using false claims law principles to make similar deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Venable's Craig A. Thompson

    Representing some of the biggest medical companies in the world, such as Merck & Co. in litigation over its shingles vaccine Zostavax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals in multidistrict litigation over its proton pump inhibitors, has earned Venable's Craig A. Thompson a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 13, 2021

    MVP: Gibbs Law Group's Amy Zeman

    Amy Zeman led a Gibbs Law Group LLP team in convincing a California jury that freezer manufacturer Chart Industries Inc. was responsible for a fertility clinic implosion that lost embryos and eggs for their five clients, winning a $15 million verdict and earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 10, 2021

    MVP: Skadden's Allison Brown

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Allison "Alli" Brown's work this past year defending Johnson & Johnson in cases alleging that its talc products caused cancer has landed her among Law360's 2021 Product Liability 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 30, 2020

    MVP: Skadden's Allison M. Brown

    A string of victories defending Johnson & Johnson against allegations that the company's baby powder caused ovarian cancer helped earn Allison M. Brown of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 29, 2020

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Keri Borders

    Mayer Brown LLP's Keri Borders clinched a victory for Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. in a proposed nationwide class action alleging that consumers were misled into believing its products were white chocolate when they actually contained none, making her one of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 28, 2020

    MVP: Kirkland's Richard Godfrey

    Richard Godfrey's work as a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP this past year, including securing the denial of a motion to reconsider an earlier partial summary judgment win for General Motors LLC over alleged defects with its ignition switches, has landed him on the list of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 27, 2020

    MVP: Dechert's Mark Cheffo & Sheila Birnbaum

    Mark Cheffo and Sheila Birnbaum of Dechert LLP guided Purdue Pharma LP in settling thousands of claims in opioid litigation and helped Pfizer prevail in cases alleging that its cholesterol drug causes diabetes, earning them a spot among Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 26, 2020

    MVP: Baum Hedlund's R. Brent Wisner

    R. Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC worked to secure a $10 billion settlement with Monsanto to end the bulk of litigation over claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, landing him on the list of Law360's 2020 Product Liability MVPs.

  • October 04, 2020

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 12, 2019

    MVP: King & Spalding's Ursula Henninger

    A string of victories defending RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. against allegations that the company's cigarettes caused lung disease and cancer helped earn King & Spalding LLP's Ursula Henninger a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Product Liability MVPs.

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