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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.
  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Maria Boyce & Cristina Rodriguez

    Maria Wyckoff Boyce and Cristina Espinosa Rodriguez of Hogan Lovells scored a $152 million verdict after taking a software trade secrets case to trial twice at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Trial MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Covington's Hunter Bennett

    J. Hunter Bennett of Covington & Burling LLP helped clients defend multiple big-ticket awards this past year, including a $536 million classified CIA contract and a $430 million assignment at a U.S. Navy underwater research facility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Davis Polk's Derek Dostal

    Derek Dostal of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP helped Delta Air Lines get $9 billion in financing amid the pandemic and assisted the underwriters of a uniquely structured blank-check company sponsored by a former speaker of the House, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 20, 2021

    MVP: Orrick's Jeremy Kudon

    Jeremy Kudon, founder and chair of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's public policy group, spent the past year convincing states including New York and Arizona to legalize mobile sports betting, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVPs: Kirkland's Adam Alper And Mike De Vries

    Kirkland's Adam Alper and Mike De Vries have won major trade-secrets trials over the past year, even during the pandemic, including one for TriZetto, making them one of Law360's Trials MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler

    Jeffrey Kessler, co-chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP's sports law practice, changed the sports industry when he netted a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory stripping the NCAA of its long-running amateurism defense and giving college athletes more flexibility to seek compensation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Sports and Betting MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Norton Rose's Becky Diffen

    Becky Diffen of Norton Rose Fulbright spent the past year working with some of the largest players in the renewable energy space, including representing the competitive division of National Grid PLC through an offshore wind joint venture and guiding the sale of a solar power producer and developer to a BP unit for $220 million, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Project Finance MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVPs: Cohen Ziffer's Robin Cohen And Kenneth Frenchman

    Robin Cohen and Kenneth Frenchman of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna notched a win for New Jersey Transit when the New Jersey High Court found that hurricane water damage was not capped by its $400 million insurance policy's $100 million flood sublimit coverage, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Bilzin Sumberg's Albert E. Dotson Jr.

    Albert Dotson of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP advised public- and private-sector clients on a $700 million monorail that would connect downtown Miami and Miami Beach and led the procurement team behind a $263 million Tampa development, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVPs: Zuckerman's D. Brian Hufford And Caroline Reynolds

    D. Brian Hufford and Caroline E. Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP's benefits practice secured court victories for mental health patients, including in a case that won relief for tens of thousands of individuals, earning them a spot on Law360's list of 2021 Benefits MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Debevoise's Catherine Amirfar

    Catherine Amirfar led a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP team that obtained a favorable resolution for Qatar in a human rights dispute with four neighboring countries over an allegedly unlawful blockade, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Hannah H. England (Freeman)

    Hannah H. England (Freeman) of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised on a number of complex transactions in the biopharma sector, including UniQure's licensing deal with CSL Behring over gene therapy for patients with hemophilia B, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Goodwin Procter's Bradley C. Weber

    Brad Weber of Goodwin Procter LLP steered landmark offerings over the past year, including a $1.6 billion initial public offering from Qualtrics International Inc., which spun off from software giant SAP America Inc., and fintech startup Marqeta Inc.'s $1.2 billion IPO, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie Zeitzer

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner and practice co-chair Taurie M. Zeitzer spent 2021 guiding such high-profile deals as Apollo Global Management's $5 billion acquisition of Verizon Media and the $4.8 billion Univision-Grupo Televisa combination, landing her a place among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cravath's Lauren A. Moskowitz

    Lauren Moskowitz of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped guide The Weinstein Co. to a resolution of its high-profile Chapter 11 case, along with getting Dutch retail giant HEMA BV U.S. recognition for its bankruptcy case and toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. an administrative recovery in Sears' Chapter 11, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Over the past year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Theane Evangelis spearheaded the legal team that convinced the Ninth Circuit to roll back a record-breaking $102 million judgment against Walmart over alleged pay stub violations, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: O'Melveny's Steve Brody

    Steve Brody led an O'Melveny & Myers LLP team in helping to convince a New Jersey appeals court that Brody's client, Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc., didn't get a fair shake when the lower court allowed regulatory evidence to be withheld, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore J. Leopold

    Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped secure a $641 million partial settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis that received preliminary approval earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Soo-Mi Rhee

    Arnold & Porter partner Soo-Mi Rhee secured leniency agreements with three different government agencies in Brazil to resolve corruption-related charges against Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and helped a global financial institution escape monetary penalty for alleged violations of sanctions laws, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP's Michael Rhodes steered Facebook through final approval of a $650 million settlement resolving claims that its face-scanning feature breached Illinois' biometric privacy law, and continues to be a go-to lawyer for other tech giants facing novel privacy allegations, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Robert Loigman

    Robert S. Loigman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is representing 10 investment managers against Citibank NA's attempts to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars it mistakenly wired to Revlon Inc. lenders last summer, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Patrick J. Ryan

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Patrick Ryan advised major banks that helped finance multibillion-dollar deals aimed at creating the nation's second-biggest media company, the continent's first U.S.-Canada-Mexico rail network and the world's biggest aircraft lessor, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Juan Morillo

    Juan Morillo of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a Swiss bank avoid criminal charges as it navigates the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and is helping Mexican industrial executives fight alleged government takeovers of their businesses, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Hausfeld's James Pizzirusso

    James Pizzirusso of Hausfeld LLP's cybersecurity and privacy practice secured groundbreaking decisions in a Marriott data breach lawsuit involving the theft of 25 million passport numbers, and also drove Equifax to change its business security practices as part of a $1.5 billion settlement with consumers, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Kirkland's Joshua Sussberg

    Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spent the last year dealing with a run of bankruptcy cases as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the retail sector, successfully reorganizing industry giants like JCPenney in a challenging environment, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.