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December 14, 2017
McKool Smith PC’s Kenneth Frenchman has helped policyholders access hundreds of millions of dollars from contested insurance policies over the past year, including a major win in the Superior Court of New Jersey that unlocked $400 million for the NJ Transit Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
McKool Smith PC principal Adam Ziffer has notched wins for multiple clients this year in cases involving novel insurance issues, including securing $50 million in class action coverage for retirement services giant TIAA, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Insurance 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 01, 2016
Covington & Burling LLP partner Marty Myers recently helped World Fuel Services, one of the largest suppliers of fuel and oil products on the planet, score a $24.5 million award for insurance coverage related to a $17 million marine cargo loss off the coast of West Africa, landing him a spot on Law360's 2016 list of Insurance MVPs.
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November 30, 2016
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.
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November 29, 2016
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.
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November 28, 2016
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.
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November 23, 2016
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.
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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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November 25, 2015
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.
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November 17, 2015
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.
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November 16, 2015
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.
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November 13, 2015
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.
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November 12, 2015
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.
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November 10, 2015
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.
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November 09, 2015
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.
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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.
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December 11, 2014
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.
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December 10, 2014
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.
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November 18, 2014
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.
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December 04, 2013
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.
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December 03, 2013
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.