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December 14, 2017
Williams & Connolly LLP’s Kannon Shanmugam has scored wins for multiple clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and the circuit courts in the past year, including two high court victories that narrowed the scope of challenges facing debt collectors, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's E. Joshua Rosenkranz notched appellate victories for clients this year that included unanimous U.S. Supreme Court wins in a case over whether sheriff's officers used excessive force and a dispute concerning Fannie Mae’s ability to move suits to federal court, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
As co-chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP’s appellate and Supreme Court practice, Deanne Maynard notched several big victories this year at the high court and the Ninth Circuit, including a decision that speeds the path to market for biosimilar medicines, securing her a place among Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
Mayer Brown LLP partner Andrew Pincus has argued 27 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including two successful appeals this past year that had major impacts on patent exhaustion and the enforceability of arbitration agreements, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 08, 2017
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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December 08, 2017
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.
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December 08, 2016
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP appellate litigator Jeffrey B. Wall turned out an impressive slate of wins over the past year, including helping convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a rigid lower court's test over awarding enhanced damages in patent cases, landing him on Law360's 2016 list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 07, 2016
Already one of the country’s top appellate litigators, Mayer Brown LLP’s Andy Pincus had a banner year, arguing the blockbuster Spokeo case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, landing him a spot on Law360’s 2016 Appellate MVP list.
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December 06, 2016
Latham & Watkins LLP's Gregory Garre served as lead counsel for the University of Texas in its successful U.S. Supreme Court defense against a rejected student applicant's challenge to the school's affirmative action policy, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 list of appellate MVPs.
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December 05, 2016
When former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was slapped with corruption allegations, Jones Day’s Noel Francisco was already framing the case for the U.S. Supreme Court, a strategy that would later free the ex-governor and set the tone for future corruption prosecutions, landing Francisco among Law360’s 2016 appellate MVPs.
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December 02, 2016
Fish & Richardson PC appellate practice co-chair Craig Countryman this year helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a stringent test for awarding enhanced damages in patent cases, a key ruling that has earned Countryman a spot among Law360’s 2016 Appellate MVPs.
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November 22, 2016
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2016 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. Here is a list of this year's Law360 MVPs.
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December 02, 2015
After a string a notable victories in the last year, including convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to not jettison a 50-year-old rule barring royalty agreements that continue beyond a patent's expiration, WilmerHale partner Thomas Saunders has cemented his spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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December 01, 2015
Vinson & Elkins LLP partner John Elwood notched a pair of appellate court victories on behalf of military contractor KBR Inc. in the last year, including one unanimous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, helping land him among Law360's Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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November 30, 2015
Shapiro Arato’s Alexandra Shapiro flexed her steely appellate savvy to overturn convictions for clients accused of insider trading, operating an alleged pyramid scheme and committing tax shelter fraud, making her one of Law360’s 2015 Appellate MVPs.
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November 25, 2015
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas Hallward-Driemeier will forever be linked with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision defining same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, but that case is part of a thick portfolio of top-flight legal work that has earned him a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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November 24, 2015
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Kathleen M. Sullivan had proven herself a trailblazer as the first female dean of any Stanford University school, and showed 2015 was no exception by scoring a Federal Circuit reversal of the then-largest patent judgment in U.S. history, earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.
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November 23, 2015
Allyson N. Ho of Morgan Lewis & Bockius had just scored a U.S. Supreme Court victory addressing the duration of retiree benefits last year when she faced the justices yet again in a case spotlighting deference to agency decisions, marking an ambitious schedule that carved her a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs for 2015.
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November 20, 2015
With two U.S. Supreme Court wins under his belt by March, Goodwin Procter LLP's Willy Jay went on to tangle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a challenge to the agency's first-ever completed administrative adjudication and scored big wins for pharma clients in federal district court, making him a 2015 Appellate MVP.
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November 19, 2015
Helgi C. Walker, co-chair of Gibson Dunn's administrative law and regulatory group, has continued building her reputation as a go-to counsel for high-stakes appellate challenges of federal agency actions, leading cutting-edge litigation for a range of industries in the last year and earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.
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November 18, 2015
By going up against amicus support from the Obama administration and several state bar associations to secure a significant high court ruling that affects bankruptcy attorney fee applications, as well as pulling off a series of victories in federal and state appellate courts, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP partner Jeffrey Oldham has been named a Law360 Appellate MVP for 2015.
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November 17, 2015
After notching a series of wins before the U.S. Supreme Court, including a ruling that workers weren’t owed wages for time spent passing through security screenings at an Amazon.com warehouse, Bancroft PLLC partner and former solicitor general Paul Clement has been named a Law360 Appellate MVP for 2015.
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November 06, 2015
Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.
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November 06, 2015
Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.
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November 06, 2015
This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.