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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 22, 2020

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Michael Rubin

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Michael Rubin helped Facebook reach an agreement to end consolidated litigation over a cyberattack affecting 29 million users without paying monetary damages, while leading a team that secured a complete win for online advertising clearinghouse Turn Inc. in a long-running privacy dispute, earning him a spot as a Law360 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy MVP.

  • October 21, 2020

    MVP: Hunton's Ann Marie Mortimer

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's Ann Marie Mortimer served as lead counsel for high-profile clients including Facebook and Yahoo and guided them through favorable negotiated settlements in headline-grabbing cases ranging from consumer class actions to data breach suits, making her one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • October 20, 2020

    MVP: Crowell & Moring's Gabriel M. Ramsey

    Crowell & Moring LLP partner Gabriel M. Ramsey guided Microsoft through a massive global effort to disrupt a network of millions of computers infected with malicious software and has helped the tech giant seize control of fraudulent websites used by suspected nation-state hackers to steal personal data, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • October 19, 2020

    MVP: BakerHostetler's Casie D. Collignon

    BakerHostetler's Casie D. Collignon helped set precedent that could let data breach defendants steer future litigation to friendlier venues when she won dismissal of a lawsuit stemming from a cyberattack at a shareholder communications company, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy 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 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.

  • November 25, 2019

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joshua S. Lipshutz

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Joshua Lipshutz helped Facebook fend off a quadruple murder suspect's subpoena for social media records of a key prosecution witness, and represented the tech giant in a European privacy dispute that questions the limits of EU-U.S. data transfers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • November 22, 2019

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis

    John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan helped consumers affected by massive data breaches at Yahoo and Equifax secure groundbreaking class action settlements and assisted in scoring the revival of data breach claims against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Cybersecurity & Privacy 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 06, 2018

    MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren

    BakerHostetler's Daniel Warren helped win a precedent-setting Seventh Circuit ruling that permanently stomped out common law claims filed against Missouri-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets Inc. by banks that issued cards affected by the company's 2012 data breach, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2018

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michelle Kisloff

    Michelle Kisloff of Hogan Lovells had a successful year, helping to secure a favorable settlement for Anthem Inc. in multidistrict litigation that stemmed from a major data breach, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2018

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Li-Ming Wong

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Michael Li-Ming Wong proved his prowess for defending clients against data breach suits over the past year with accomplishments like guiding Uber to total victory in litigation stemming from unauthorized access of drivers' personal information, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity and Privacy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2018

    MVP: Gibbs Law Group's Eric Gibbs

    Gibbs Law Group LLP's Eric Gibbs launched his own firm after taking leadership posts and shaping the law in dozens of complex class actions, recently winning the largest data breach settlement in history at $115 million against health insurer Anthem Inc., landing him among Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2018

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Andrew N. Friedman

    Andrew N. Friedman, co-chair of the consumer protection practice group at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, helped earn final approval of a $115 million settlement that ended litigation over health care giant Anthem Inc.'s 2015 data breach and represented consumers in other headline-grabbing breaches, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity & Privacy 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 15, 2017

    MVP: King & Spalding's Phyllis Sumner

    King & Spalding LLP’s Phyllis Sumner was tapped this fall to head the team steering credit reporting giant Equifax through the legal fallout from a massive data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 145 million Americans and spawned class action lawsuits, congressional hearings and regulatory probes, landing her a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Michael Sobol

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Michael Sobol scored a significant win for consumers this year when he helped secure a $115 million settlement for those impacted by the massive Anthem data breach, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Boies Schiller's Michael Gottlieb

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Michael Gottlieb, who launched the firm's cybersecurity group in 2013, recently defended identity theft protection company LifeLock Inc. while establishing a "fake news" cybersecurity subpractice, earning him a place among Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes helped swat away, for good, $15 billion multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook of unlawfully tracking users, while defending the makers of “Pokemon Go” from novel claims that sending users to real-life locations in pursuit of virtual creatures encouraged trespassing, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 11, 2017

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas Meal helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a key victory for Media Innovation Group and other internet advertisers in a case involving online tracking while continuing his work steering LabMD through a vital challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's data security enforcement, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy 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.

  • December 08, 2017

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2017 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 15, 2016

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel R. Warren

    BakerHostetler partner Daniel R. Warren proved his prowess as a privacy litigator over the past year by relentlessly defending clients like Community Health Systems and Schnucks against data breach litigation, earning him a spot among Law360’s Privacy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2016

    Privacy MVP: King & Spalding's Phyllis Sumner

    King & Spalding LLP’s Phyllis Sumner spent 2016 guiding major retail names through class actions over high-profile data breaches and winning summary judgment to protect credit reporting agency practices, winning her a spot among Law360’s 2016 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2016

    Privacy MVP: Gibson Dunn's Alexander H. Southwell

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Alexander H. Southwell has leveraged his experience as a former cybercrimes prosecutor to become a go-to attorney for companies such as Facebook and Apple in prominent high-stakes battles over law enforcement demands for access to user data, earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Privacy MVPs.