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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 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: Outten & Golden's Cara E. Greene

    Cara E. Greene of Outten & Golden LLP was a lead attorney on the team that landed the largest pre-trial sex bias settlement of all time: a $215 million deal with Goldman Sachs, secured on behalf of hundreds of female executives, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Employment 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 11, 2023

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis

    John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan PA's cybersecurity practice has taken on some major companies, including Capital One and Google, to establish stronger data storage standards and help protect consumers from data breaches and identity theft, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: King & Spalding's Reginald R. Smith

    Reginald "Reggie" R. Smith of King & Spalding won a multibillion-dollar share buyout dispute with Argentina, battled to enforce awards for withdrawn European renewable power incentives, and reached a $500 million settlement with Nigeria over steel contracts, earning him a spot among Law360's Energy MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: V&E's Roberta Downey

    Roberta Downey of Vinson & Elkins LLP's construction practice spanned continents with her work on some of the largest projects vital to the global economy this year, such as securing a redevelopment contract on Shell PLC's Penguins North Sea oil and gas field, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Construction MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Skadden's Alexander C. Drylewski

    Alexander Drylewski of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's fintech practice has secured dismissals and settlements for digital asset platforms in landmark litigation this year, including for Coinbase Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Fintech MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Justin Bernick

    Justin Bernick of Hogan Lovells successfully defended lock-maker Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business from a challenge by the U.S. Department of Justice, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Antitrust 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 11, 2023

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly Dermody and Anne Shaver

    Kelly Dermody and Anne Shaver of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP's employment practice served as co-lead counsel in a years-long gender discrimination class action against Goldman Sachs that ended in a record $215 million settlement and helped secure a $118 million settlement for thousands of female Google employees in another class action, earning them a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Latham's Kyle Jefcoat

    Kyle Jefcoat of Latham & Watkins LLP has made the most of his transition to the government contracts field from serving in the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, helping secure big results for clients like a $5 billion Navy construction deal protest win for SLS Federal Services LLC and Carlyle's $4.2 billion buy of ManTech, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Debra Lussier

    Debra Lussier of Ropes & Gray LLP's fund management practice closed multiple billion-dollar deals above their expectation, from advising TSG Partners in closing a fund with $6 billion in capital commitments to Parthenon Fund VII's $4.5 billion fund closing, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 11, 2023

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Sara Razi

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Sara Razi got Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group's $13 billion merger to the finish line amid attacks from state and federal regulators and helped HCA Healthcare overcome antitrust claims over a hospital deal, landing her a spot among Law360's 2023 Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Katherine Lemire

    Katherine Lemire of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP drew on her multiple practice areas, including blockchain and digital assets, securities litigation and government enforcement, to investigate and advise players in this year's headline-grabbing crypto bankruptcies of Voyager Digital LLC and the FTX businesses, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Fintech MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Amy Roma

    Amy Roma of Hogan Lovells' global energy practice made history this past year in working with Helion Energy to forge the first-ever fusion power plant purchase agreement and counseling X-Energy through the financing of a first-of-its-kind advanced reactor in the United States, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Energy MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: DiCello Levitt's Greg Asciolla

    Greg Asciolla of DiCello Levitt LLP's antitrust and competition litigation practice has sustained widespread actions against huge companies like Raytheon over their alleged collusion over non-poaching agreements and kept alive a dispute against large financial companies suppressing the prices of platinum and palladium, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Competition and Antitrust MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein

    Mike Stenglein of King & Spalding LLP at one point felt the weight of Colombia's economy on his shoulders as he represented oil refinery Reficar in a high-profile international construction dispute, but it was that case — one that yielded a multibillion-dollar award — that earned Stenglein a spot among Law360's 2023 Construction MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Theane Evangelis of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's employment practice defended large companies operating in the gig economy and argued the first and only successful constitutional challenge to California's assembly bill governing employee classification, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Covington's Jay Carey

    Covington & Burling LLP's Jay Carey helped steer the protest that shook up the U.S. Air Force's $3.3 billion missile support contract and led the successful defense of the U.S. Army's $8 billion award for next-generation attack helicopters, notching him a spot on Law360's Government Contracts MVPs of 2023.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Matthew Goldstein

    Forging relationships across a diverse range of investors helped Matthew Goldstein of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP create funds in two new asset classes for Apollo Global Management, earning him a spot in Law360's 2023 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 10, 2023

    MVP: Latham's Michael Rubin

    Michael Rubin of Latham & Watkins LLP's privacy and cybersecurity practice has worked on many notable cases throughout the year, such as guiding Apple through a dismissal of a punitive class action after the iPhone maker installed security updates that slowed down the processing speed of its devices, and obtaining a dismissal with prejudice from the bench in a class action over tracking software installed by car data services platform Otonomo Inc., earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity 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 09, 2023

    MVP: Greenspoon Marder's Irina Dashevsky

    Irina Dashevsky, co-chair of the cannabis law group at Greenspoon Marder LLP, acted as regulatory counsel in a deal whereby music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs would have acquired cannabis assets in three states and represented companies launching their businesses in nascent adult-use markets in Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 06, 2023

    MVP: Paul Hastings' Chris Daniel

    Chris Daniel of Paul Hastings LLP's global fintech and payments group is currently representing Voyager Digital LLC in its bankruptcy proceedings as well as the official committee of unsecured creditors of FTX as the failed crypto platform proceeds through one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in history, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Fintech 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.