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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.
  • December 05, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth J. Cabraser

    If the consumer class action space saw one dominant headline in 2016, it was Volkswagen’s $14.7 billion settlement over its emissions cheating scandal, an unprecedented deal led by a widely respected plaintiffs attorney, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Elizabeth J. Cabraser, one of Law360’s 2016 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 02, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman

    After fighting court battles that put a little extra money in amateur athletes' pockets, augmented safety protocols in youth and college sports and allowed Volkswagen diesel owners to draw from a $14.7 billion settlement over emissions cheating, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP partner Steve Berman has earned a place among Law360's 2016 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 22, 2016

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    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.

  • November 16, 2015

    Class Action MVP: White & Case's Jaime Bianchi

    Bringing more than two decades of experience defending corporations in class actions, with a focus on the cable television and real estate industries, Jaime Bianchi of White & Case LLP has won several major decisions in the past year with implications for these industries and his practice field, earning him a place among Law360’s Class Action MVPs.

  • November 13, 2015

    Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Thomas Dubbs

    After helping craft a fresh damages theory that breathed new life into a securities case against mortgage giant Fannie Mae and spurred a $170 million settlement for investors, Labaton Sucharow LLP’s Thomas Dubbs has earned a spot among Law360’s Class Action MVPs of 2015.

  • November 12, 2015

    Class Action MVP: Hunton & Williams' Michael Mueller

    Hunton & Williams LLP partner Michael Mueller’s hard work on behalf of Tyson Foods Inc. over the last year led to appellate court decisions that erased $24 million in class action awards and helped land him on Law360’s 2015 list of Class Action MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's David Stickney

    A dogged class action litigator who in the past year landed a $500 million settlement from JPMorgan related to Bear Stearns mortgage-backed securities and recovered $95 million from Morgan Stanley, David Stickney of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP is one of Law360’s 2015 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    Helping MF Global Holdings Ltd. investors secure class settlements with the collapsed brokerage firm's onetime leaders — including former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine — and auditor has earned Salvatore Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP a place among Law360's 2015 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    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.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    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.

  • November 24, 2014

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's David R. Stickney

    By coaxing big recoveries out of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley through protracted battles for buyers of mortgage-backed securities despite little precedent, and bringing in one of the highest recoveries from an auditor firm in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse with a $99 million settlement against Ernst & Young LLP, David R. Stickney of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has earned his spot on Law360’s list of 2014 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 21, 2014

    Class Action MVP: Grant & Eisenhofer's Stuart Grant

    Securing multiple settlements of more than $100 million for institutional shareholders that challenged mergers and other corporate governance decisions, Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer PA earned a spot on Law360’s list of Class Action MVPs.

  • November 20, 2014

    Class Action MVP: Mayer Brown's Dale Giali

    When the plaintiffs bar set its sights on false advertising suits against the food industry and targeted Mayer Brown LLP client Nestle USA Inc., the firm's Dale Giali shifted his focus to fighting those high-stakes cases and has since racked up a series of wins that landed him on Law360's list of Class Action MVPs.

  • November 19, 2014

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's John Browne

    John Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP spent the past year securing the first recovery for investors in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and helping set up a new plaintiff-friendly standard for pleading loss causation in the Fifth Circuit, earning him a spot on Law360's Class Action MVP list.

  • November 18, 2014

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile 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.

  • December 13, 2013

    Class Action MVP: Susman Godfrey's Marc Seltzer

    Veteran litigator Marc Seltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP scored big wins for plaintiffs in 2013, including a $6.5 million recovery for investors allegedly defrauded by IndyMac Bancorp Inc. and a landmark $1.6 billion consumer settlement with Toyota Motor Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Class Action MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    As co-lead counsel for a class of investors accusing Merck & Co. and subsidiary Schering-Plough of concealing test results for their anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin from investors, Salvatore J. Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP secured a landmark $688 million settlement, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 08, 2013

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 20, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Reed Smith's Bo Phillips

    Reed Smith LLP partner Bo Phillips defeated class certification in multidistrict litigation alleging Wells Fargo Bank NA used discriminatory subprime lending practices in a case that paved the way for similar cases to beat class certification, earning him a spot on Law360’s Class Action MVPs.

  • December 19, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Weil Gotshal's David Lender

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's David Lender in 2012 racked up major wins for Credit Suisse Group AG, Exxon Mobil Corp. and online ticketing giant StubHub Inc. against dozens of putative classes that sought billions from the companies, earning him a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • December 18, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Skadden's Jay Kasner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s Jay Kasner successfully defended a bevy of wealth management banks from securities class actions and set legal precedent along the way that has reverberated throughout the Second Circuit, earning him a spot on Law360’s Class Action MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Thomas Dubbs

    Behind some headline-grabbing settlements from the 2008 mortgage lending fallout was Labaton Sucharow LLP’s Thomas Dubbs, whose novel negotiation strategies and rigorous research helped investors secure deals with major players including the $295 million Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. settlement and the $725 million American International Group Inc. deal, and landed him on Law360’s list of Class Action MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Class Action MVP: Proskauer's Elise Bloom

    Proskauer Rose LLP partner Elise Bloom beat back class certification for client Lorillard Tobacco Co. Inc. in a wage-and-hour action by sales representatives in a case that had ramifications for the entire tobacco industry, earning Bloom a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • November 30, 2012

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms

    Over the next several weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of this year's MVP awards honoring attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.

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