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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 17, 2015

    M&E MVP: Weil Gotshal's Yehudah Buchweitz

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Yehudah Buchweitz helped CBS Broadcasting Inc. escape a pair of cases claiming that the broadcaster and its website had violated college athletes' publicity rights by using their names and likenesses in television broadcasts and online without permission, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of media and entertainment MVPs.

  • December 16, 2015

    Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli

    After securing a Supreme Court victory for Warner Bros. in a fight over the rights to Superman, Daniel Petrocelli of O’Melveny & Myers LLP nabbed a win for Fox in a dispute over “American Idol,” and is currently handling major cases for Sirius XM, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 15, 2015

    Media and Entertainment MVP: Loeb & Loeb's Barry Slotnick

    Obtaining dismissal of copyright infringement claims over Shakira's hit song "Loca" for client Sony Corp. and helping Walt Disney Pictures secure a win in a right of publicity and copyright action against the estate of late horse-racing announcer Charles "Chic" Anderson earned Loeb & Loeb's Barry Slotnick a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs for 2015.

  • December 14, 2015

    Media & Entertainment MVP: King & Spalding's Kenneth Steinthal

    King & Spalding LLP's Kenneth Steinthal guided Pandora Media Inc. this past year to a victory over efforts by large publishers to partially pull their digital rights from collective licenses for their catalogues to instead strike more lucrative direct deals with the Internet radio giant, earning him a place on Law360 list of 2015 media MVPs.

  • December 12, 2015

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Katten's Joel R. Weiner

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner Joel R. Weiner has defeated lawsuits against Seth MacFarlane, NBCUniversal, Eddie Murphy and many other major Hollywood clients, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment 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 26, 2014

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Loeb & Loeb's Jonathan Zavin

    Loeb & Loeb LLP partner Jonathan Zavin is a giant in entertainment litigation whose vigorous defenses of iconic intellectual properties including "Avatar" and "Raging Bull" have earned him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 25, 2014

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder

    As the litigator whom Facebook Inc.'s and Twitter Inc.'s founders go to when they need to defend their stakes in major ventures, Gibson Dunn’s Orin Snyder leads the pack where media and technology converge, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 24, 2014

    Media MVP: Greenberg Glusker's Pierce O'Donnell

    Less than a month after joining Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP in April, Pierce O’Donnell was at the center of the media world’s biggest legal battle, eventually winning court approval for the Los Angeles Clippers’ record $2 billion sale, landing a spot among Law360’s Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 21, 2014

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Covington's Doug Gibson

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Doug Gibson’s name appears on many high-profile sports industry deals, including this summer’s negotiation of former Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer’s $2 billion purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers and the National Football League’s extension on DirecTV’s rights for NFL Sunday Ticket, landing him a spot on Law360’s list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 19, 2014

    Media MVP: Greenberg Glusker's Bob Baradaran

    Bob Baradaran, managing partner at Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, helped broker one of the biggest sports deals of 2014 — the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer — earning him a spot among Law360's Media and Entertainment 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.

  • November 19, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Weil's David Yohai

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP attorney David Yohai spared client ESPN Inc. from having to pay nearly $280 million in separate contractual disputes this year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 18, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Jenner & Block's Richard Stone

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Richard L. Stone has over the past year won a pair of court orders blocking online streaming service FilmOn X LLC from retransmitting Fox Broadcasting Co.'s programs over the Internet without the network's permission, landing him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Marvin Putnam

    In one of the most highly publicized trials of the year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Marvin Putnam convinced a jury that Anschutz Entertainment Group LLC was not liable for Michael Jackson’s death, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 14, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Arnold & Porter's Robert Garrett

    Notching key wins for major television broadcast networks, Arnold & Porter LLP partner Robert Garrett persuaded federal courts in Washington and Los Angeles over the last year to block FilmOn X LLC from streaming programming over the Internet without program owner consent, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Orrick Herrington's Peter Bicks

    In the last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Peter A. Bicks has landed seven precedent-setting wins in cases involving one of the world's most popular video games, Americans' television viewing choices and patents for a "game-changing" weed control product, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 12, 2013

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Jenner & Block's Andrew Bart

    Jenner & Block LLP's Andrew Bart landed precedential rulings establishing ownership rights for digital media and scored key digital download royalty victories for Universal Music Group in a year of huge wins, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 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

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder

    With passion and a trial lawyer's mindset, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Orin Snyder has recently led efforts to undermine the case of man who claimed he was entitled to half-ownership of Facebook Inc., work that, along with other successes, has earned Snyder a spot among Law360's Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 19, 2012

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Munger Tolles' Glenn Pomerantz

    From obtaining clearance for Universal Music Group’s EMI Group acquisition to defeating a reality television copyright lawsuit, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP's Glenn Pomerantz spent 2012 living up to his reputation for being studios’ and record companies’ go-to guy, earning him a spot among Law360’s Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 18, 2012

    Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli

    Daniel Petrocelli of O’Melveny & Myers LLP handled four back-to-back trials in 2012 and won major summary dismissals representing high powered media clients like Warner Bros Entertainment Inc., Time Inc. and DC Comics, earning him a spot among Law360’s Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Marty Katz

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP partner Marty Katz successfully defended Dick Clark Productions in the battle over the television broadcast rights for the Golden Globe Awards, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

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