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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 12, 2016

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP's Michael Rhodes landed a major victory for Facebook when the social media giant defeated class certification in a high-stakes privacy dispute, continuing his success streak of expertly defending market-disrupting technology companies and earning him a spot among Law360's 2016 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2016

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Doug Meal

    Only Wyndham and LabMD have chosen to fight rather than immediately settle inadequate data security claims lodged by the Federal Trade Commission, and both have turned for assistance to Doug Meal, a Ropes & Gray LLP partner with a reputation for helping Target, Supervalu and a slew of others navigate the aftermath of high-profile data breaches, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Privacy 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.

  • December 10, 2015

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas H. Meal

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas H. Meal recently helped Wyndham negotiate a favorable settlement of the Federal Trade Commission's landmark suit challenging the hotel chain's data security practices, while continuing to advise Target and other major retailers in data breach litigation, earning him a slot among Law360's 2015 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 09, 2015

    Privacy MVP: Gibson Dunn's Alexander Southwell

    Gibson Dunn partner Alexander Southwell has represented clients in some of this year’s most high-profile privacy matters, such as defending contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions in the wake of the Office of Personnel Management’s data breach, earning him a spot among Law360’s Privacy MVPs.

  • December 08, 2015

    Privacy MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeremy Feigelson

    Jeremy Feigelson, head of Debevoise & Plimpton’s cybersecurity and data privacy practice, may have saved the viability of the Internet by landing a victory for Viacom in a proposed class action alleging it illegally shared data associated with children’s online video watching activity, securing his place on Law360’s list of Privacy MVPs for 2015.

  • December 07, 2015

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has helped major online companies navigate the murky terrain of who bears liability for data breaches, scoring a big win for eBay when he persuaded a federal court to dismiss a proposed class action over millions of users' exposed personal information and landing on Law360’s list of Privacy MVPs for 2015.

  • December 04, 2015

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Paul Karlsgodt

    BakerHostetler partner Paul Karlsgodt leveraged his consumer class action savvy in 2015 to help Advocate Health and Hospitals escape claims over a breach of 4 million patients' data and GameStop shake allegations of sharing customer data with Facebook, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy 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 18, 2014

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes scored a major victory this year by defeating a proposed class against Google Inc. that would have been one of the largest classes ever, an achievement that earned him a spot for the fourth year in a row on Law360’s Privacy MVP list.

  • December 17, 2014

    Privacy MVP: Fenwick & West's Tyler Newby

    Helping Pandora Media Inc. shake off a proposed class action alleging it misused customer information and serving as co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over Carrier IQ Inc.'s cellphone tracking software are among the highlights that landed Fenwick & West LLP partner Tyler Newby on Law360's list of 2014 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 16, 2014

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas H. Meal

    In what’s becoming known as a historic year for retailers suffering significant data security breaches, several of the biggest names, including Target Corp., Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and Home Depot Inc., have enlisted Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas H. Meal to lead them out of the ensuing legal quagmire, earning him a spot among Law360's 2014 Privacy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Paul Karlsgodt

    BakerHostetler partner Paul Karlsgodt has been a keen adviser to hospitals facing an onslaught of claims over stolen patient information, guiding Eisenhower Medical Center past a suit carrying $500 million in potential damages and blunting the force of a California statute in the process, earning his place on Law360's list of Privacy 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 14, 2013

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Finding creative solutions to legal dilemmas faced by clients like Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. requires a special talent for navigating the uncharted waters of tech law, something Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has in spades and that has earned him his third consecutive spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Bold moves are paying off for Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas H. Meal, who helped extend a groundbreaking legal fight challenging Visa Inc.'s collection of fees and assessments following a data security breach, earning himself a spot among Law360's 2013 Privacy MVPs.

  • November 12, 2013

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Ted Kobus

    BakerHostetler partner Ted Kobus has eased clients through the chaos caused by hundreds of data breaches, including helping supermarket chain Schnucks Markets Inc. not only to avoid regulatory wrath in 2013 as it responded to a massive data breach but to actually win the sympathy of a state attorney general.

  • 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 06, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has aptly applied traditional legal principles to new technologies to help Facebook Inc. defeat objections to a pair of cutting-edge class action settlements over its data use practices and to prevent class certification in a suit over Google Inc.'s AdWords program, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal

    Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas Meal helped Sony Corp. win a dismissal order in multidistrict litigation over massive cyberattacks and bagged court approval of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.'s settlement of consumer data breach claims in 2012, landing him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Loeb & Loeb's Michael Mallow

    Loeb & Loeb LLP partner Michael Mallow's outstanding track record defending against consumer protection class actions, including a novel Telephone Consumer Protection Act win last year at the West Virginia Supreme Court, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Venable's Stuart Ingis

    Venable LLP partner Stuart P. Ingis' continuing efforts on behalf of the online advertising industry to fine-tune industry standards related to the collection of Internet data for targeted ads earned him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.

  • November 30, 2012

    Privacy MVP: Gibson Dunn's Ashlie Beringer

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Ashlie Beringer has showcased the benefits of new technological advances to help clients including Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Flurry Inc. escape ground-breaking consumer class actions and resolve regulatory probes over their data collection and use practices, earning her a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.