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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.
  • November 30, 2016

    Insurance MVP: Dentons' Keith Moskowitz

    Keith Moskowitz not only helped Dentons win a big trial for an insurance company defending against an environmental coverage suit and bad faith action, but also advised clients in several significant cases this past year, earning himself a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Insurance MVPs.

  • November 29, 2016

    Insurance MVP: Pillsbury Winthrop's Geoffrey Greeves

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP partner Geoffrey J. Greeves recently helped Lion Oil Co. score a massive, $72 million award in a lawsuit over insurance coverage for business interruption losses tied to a pipeline breach, landing him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 28, 2016

    Insurance MVP: McKool Smith's Robin Cohen

    Fresh off of launching McKool Smith PC’s new insurance recovery practice, Robin Cohen spent 2016 scoring significant victories against carriers including new holdings over insurance coverage allocation methods, landing her among Law360’s 2016 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 23, 2016

    Insurance MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Michael Carlinsky

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Michael B. Carlinsky helped American International Group Inc. beat a False Claims Act lawsuit accusing the insurance giant of misrepresenting the value of its subsidiaries and improperly receiving a $25 billion bailout, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Insurance 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 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Insurance Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Insurance Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 17, 2015

    Insurance MVP: Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Roger Warin

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP lifer Roger Warin founded the firm’s insurance practice and has remained its lynchpin, helicoptering into complex appeals and securing several major wins for AIG, Travelers and others over the past year, earning a spot as one of Law360s Insurance MVPs for 2015 in the process.

  • November 16, 2015

    Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart

    Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP managing partner Michael Bidart has had a busy year notching litigation victories and hefty settlements for policyholders, including recovering more than $10 million for a Southern California city in a bad faith action against its insurers, landing him a slot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs for 2015.

  • November 13, 2015

    Insurance MVP: Pillsbury's Joseph Jean

    In the past 15 years,  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Joseph Jean has recovered more than $5 billion in damages for policyholders, including a blockbuster $46 million punitive damages award in August by a California jury against three AIG units, landing him a spot on Law360's Insurance MVPs for 2015.

  • November 12, 2015

    Insurance MVP: Latham & Watkins' John Wilson

    By convincing the California Supreme Court to apply an obscure late-1800s state insurance statute to allow policyholders to freely assign their coverage rights after a loss, Latham & Watkins LLP partner John M. Wilson not only landed a massive win for Fluor Corp., he secured a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz Benson's Robin Cohen

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP partner Robin Cohen has played a key role in major wins for corporate policyholders, including Givaudan Fragrances Corp., which in August won the right to seek more than $500 million in coverage from insurers for pollution claims, landing her among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    Insurance MVPs: Barnes' Andy Detherage, Charlie Edwards

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP partners Andrew Dethreage and Charles Edwards navigated the complexities of a sprawling insurance policy and a six-week jury trial to secure a $204 million verdict for Simon Property Group LP to cover devastating flood damage at Nashville’s Opry Mills mall, earning them a place among Law360’s Insurance 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.

  • December 11, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Wiley Rein's Charles C. Lemley

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Charles C. Lemley helped XL Specialty Insurance Co. and other insurers shake off the Washington Mutual Inc. liquidating trust’s suit seeking millions to cover executives' defense costs, one of several important insurance-related victories this year that landed him among Law360’s 2014 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen

    Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP partner Robin Cohen won an appellate decision that kept IMO Industries Inc. covered for a deluge of asbestos claims under a $1.8 billion insurance program, living up to her reputation for staring down insurance companies angling for a quick settlement and earning her a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • 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 04, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Anderson Kill's William Passannante

    Anderson Kill PC's William G. Passannante convinced courts to focus on the actual purpose of complex insurance policies to help secure coverage for policyholders such as Alfa Laval Inc. and HLTH Corp. during the past year, earning him a place among Law360's Insurance MVPs.

  • December 03, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's James Murray

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner James R. Murray guided Beebe Medical Center in securing $115 million from its insurers to cover the bulk of its settlement in an emotionally charged sexual abuse case, and helped lay down new precedent protecting policyholders in Washington state, earning him a spot among Law360’s Insurance MVPs.

  • December 02, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Kasowitz's Robin Cohen

    With victories including defeating a group of insurers’ bid to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in asbestos coverage and convincing a judge that some carriers had to cover damages in privacy litigation, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP’s Robin Cohen has secured her spot on Law360’s list of Insurance MVPs.

  • November 27, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne

    Securing a landmark appeals court victory that will likely save her client hundreds of millions of dollars and established an important standard for the insurance industry, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Jane M. Byrne earned herself a place among Law360's 2013 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 26, 2013

    Insurance MVP: Shernoff Bidart's Michael Bidart

    Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP's Michael Bidart has been MGA Entertainment Inc.'s go-to attorney as MGA squares off with insurers on defense costs for an epic battle with Mattel Inc. over rights to the popular Bratz doll line, making Bidart one of Law360's Insurance MVPs for 2013.

  • 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 12, 2012

    Insurance MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mary Kay Vyskocil

    In 2012, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mary Kay Vyskocil added a number of major victories to her already impressive resume, successfully fending off appellate challenges to judgments in high-stakes insurance and reinsurance disputes and earning a spot as one of Law's Insurance MVPs.

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