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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 09, 2020

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Julie Jordan

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Julie Jordan garnered two big wins last fall as lead counsel for a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in suits brought by workers in the wake of a criminal bribery investigation, helping to earn her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.

  • October 08, 2020

    MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman

    Gerald Maatman led a Seyfarth Shaw LLP team that negotiated an unpaid wages class action settlement that took a novel approach to distributing payouts by sending gift cards to franchisee pizza restaurant employees, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.

  • October 07, 2020

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Tritia Murata

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Tritia Murata helped Ralphs Grocery score a trial victory in a case over California's suitable seating requirements, the first such trial of its kind following a landmark Golden State high court ruling, landing her a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.

  • October 06, 2020

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason C. Schwartz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason Schwartz, an expert dismantler of worker class actions, collected a win for his client Lowe's last month when a North Carolina judge dismissed a wage case involving potentially thousands of workers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment Law MVPs for the second straight year.

  • October 05, 2020

    MVP: DLA Piper's Norman Leon

    DLA Piper's Norman Leon successfully argued to the Third Circuit that a district court should honor an arbitration agreement incorporating American Arbitration Association rules that say the out-of-court referee gets to decide whether the case belongs in court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment 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.

  • November 21, 2019

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Sam S. Shaulson

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Sam Shaulson helped JPMorgan Chase secure a first-of-its-kind appellate ruling by the Fifth Circuit that workers who had signed arbitration agreements shouldn't be notified of a pending collective action, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 20, 2019

    MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Richard Simmons

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP wage-and-hour ace Richard Simmons persuaded the California Supreme Court to say workers can waive their rights to a second meal period during long shifts, notching a rare management-side win there and earning himself a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 19, 2019

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason C. Schwartz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason C. Schwartz secured a win for a Sprint contractor in a case over sales workers' classification, led the team tasked by Wynn Resorts to probe alleged sexual misconduct by then-CEO Steve Wynn and represents Amazon in an ongoing job ad bias case, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 18, 2019

    MVP: Seyfarth's Gerald L. Maatman Jr.

    Over the past year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman has guided employers through high-stakes cases that required cutting-edge legal arguments, including helping freight company C.H. Robinson scuttle an attempt to notify workers who had signed arbitration agreements of a pending collective action, securing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 15, 2019

    MVP: Sanford Heisler's Deborah Marcuse

    Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's Deborah Marcuse has more than held her own in litigation against a series of big targets this year, including an Ivy League university, BigLaw firms and a multinational drug maker, earning herself a spot on the list of Law360's 2019 Employment MVPs.

  • November 08, 2019

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Lynne Hermle helped tech giant Microsoft and social media outfit Twitter beat back gender discrimination class actions in the past year, landing her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs for the fourth time.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Karen Kubin

    Karen Kubin of Morrison & Foerster LLP helped employers fend off potentially costly suits seeking pay overtime for classes of workers over the past year, earning the longtime employment litigator a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.

  • November 29, 2018

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' Grace E. Speights

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Grace E. Speights, who is defending PBS against Tavis Smiley's claim he was wrongfully fired after facing sexual harassment allegations, has emerged as a go-to legal adviser for high-profile employers looking to evaluate their workplaces and navigate issues related to the #MeToo movement, earning her a spot among Law360's Employment MVPs.

  • November 28, 2018

    MVP: Seyfarth's Jerry Maatman

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Jerry Maatman helped Jimmy John's escape massive wage-and-hour litigation by proving the company isn't responsible for its individual franchisees and separately got a 70,000-member class arbitration cut down to 250 people, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs. 

  • November 27, 2018

    MVP: Sanford Heisler's David Sanford

    David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP helped a former Columbia University professor, who said she was denied tenure after complaining a colleague sexually harassed her, win a $1.25 million damages award this year, and also represented female attorneys accusing large law firms of gender bias, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.

  • November 26, 2018

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Kalpana Kotagal

    Kalpana Kotagal of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC became one of the legal faces of the #MeToo movement after actress Frances McDormand name-dropped the "inclusion rider" initiative Kotagal co-authored at this year's Academy Awards, earning Kotagal a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment MVPs.

  • November 21, 2018

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Jones Day's Michael Gray

    Jones Day’s labor and employment co-chair Michael Gray led McDonald’s to successful outcomes in multiple high-profile wage and hour class actions, including a case that sought to hold the company jointly liable for violations committed by a franchisee, landing him a place on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs for 2017.

  • December 15, 2017

    MVP: Jones Day's Matthew Lampe

    Jones Day labor and employment practice co-chair Matthew Lampe had another banner year in 2017, securing judgments ending and narrowing two suits against IBM and helping Verizon beat back a potentially costly wage class action to earn himself a spot among Law360’s 2017 Employment MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Littler Mendelson's Maury Baskin

    Littler Mendelson PC’s Maury Baskin played a central role in stopping some of the Obama administration’s signature labor policies in their tracks over the past year, including a controversial overtime rule and a regulation that would have required government contractors to report labor law violations, making him one of Law360’s Employment MVPs for 2017.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Lynne Hermle again showed why she's become one of the go-to employment attorneys in Silicon Valley this year, winning two verdicts for Tesla founder Elon Musk's SpaceX to land herself among Law360's 2017 Employment MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Seyfarth's Jon Meer

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Jon Meer has secured numerous victories for companies in wage-related class actions recently, including a significant win in a “bag check” case for shoe giant Nike, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Employment MVPs.

  • December 08, 2017

    The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs

    Law360's MVP award goes to attorneys who have distinguished themselves from their peers in litigation, deals and other complex matters. Find the MVPs at your firm here.

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