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December 08, 2014
Former U.S. solicitor general and current WilmerHale star Seth Waxman has handled more major appellate cases this year than many attorneys do in a lifetime, scoring Supreme Court victories that changed the legal landscape in areas including food, product liability and intellectual property and earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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December 05, 2014
In overcoming long odds to win a U.S. Supreme Court ruling for Halliburton Co. that shifted the foundations of shareholder class actions, Baker Botts LLP partner Aaron Streett earned himself a spot on Law360’s list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 04, 2014
In one of the most closely watched copyright cases in years, the U.S. Supreme Court in June essentially shut down online television streaming service Aereo Inc., siding with Jenner & Block LLP partner Paul M. Smith and earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 03, 2014
In a ruling that shook the patent world to its core, the Supreme Court in June unanimously agreed with Gibson Dunn partner Mark Perry’s argument on behalf of CLS Bank that abstract ideas implemented using a computer aren't eligible for a patent, landing him a spot on Law360’s list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 02, 2014
Sidley Austin LLP partner Peter D. Keisler saw his appellate star soar this year with four major victories, including his success persuading the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate federal greenhouse gas rules for stationary sources, landing him a spot on Law360’s list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 01, 2014
Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal's arguments on behalf of insurer Highmark Inc. in February helped convince the Supreme Court justices to side with Highmark's argument that the Federal Circuit should give deference to district courts' attorneys' fee awards in "baseless" patent suits, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate 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 09, 2013
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP name partner Kathleen Sullivan's was the voice that persuaded the nation’s highest courts on several high-stakes, groundbreaking decisions, including a victory that permitted the Federal Housing Finance Agency to proceed with lawsuits against at least 18 banks, earning her a spot on the list of Law360’s 2013 Appellate MVPs.
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December 06, 2013
In a remarkably successful year for Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Joshua Rosenkranz, persuading the U.S. Supreme Court that copyrighted goods can be imported without the copyright owner's authority was just one of the triumphs that landed him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.
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December 05, 2013
In June, President Barack Obama nominated Patricia A. Millett, the co-head of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Supreme Court practice who has argued a total of 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, to serve as a judge on the D.C. Circuit, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.
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December 04, 2013
In the past year, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal scored a pair of U.S. Supreme Court victories for U.S. Airways Group Inc. and Genesis HealthCare Corp. while preparing an additional five arguments he is set to deliver to the high court this term and advocating for clients in the Second, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, landing him on Law360's list of 2013 Appellate MVPs.
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December 03, 2013
Jones Day partner Noel Francisco channeled his passion for the U.S. Constitution and legal limits on the government's power into several of this year's biggest cases, including one in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the president was wrong in making certain appointments during a Senate recess, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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December 02, 2013
Arguing for cable giant Comcast Corp. in a consumer class action, Gibson Dunn's Miguel A. Estrada convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to strengthen the requirements for Rule 23 class certification, landing him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.
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November 28, 2013
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's big soda ban was deflated by successful legal challenges raised by Latham & Watkins LLP partner Richard Bress, earning the litigator a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs of 2013.
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November 26, 2013
With dozens of U.S. Supreme Court wins under her belt, Arnold & Porter LLP’s Lisa Blatt continued to build on an impressive track record by scoring three victories before the high court this year in cases that turned on issues involving adoption and Native American law, state water rights, and civil procedure, earning her a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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November 08, 2013
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.
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December 06, 2012
Fish & Richardson LLP's Jonathan Singer in 2012 convinced a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate drug monitoring patents and chalked up major wins defending pharmaceutical patents before the Federal Circuit, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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December 05, 2012
One week after scoring a win at the U.S. Supreme Court, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Patricia A. Millett made her 31st appearance before the high court — the most of any woman in history — landing her on Law360’s list of appellate MVPs.
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December 04, 2012
Latham & Watkins LLP's Gregory G. Garre in 2012 extended his lengthy record of success before the U.S. Supreme Court with his work on a high-profile death row case and defeat of the federal government on a tax collection dispute, earning him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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December 03, 2012
In 2012, Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Christopher Landau secured a Federal Circuit victory that guaranteed cost-of-living raises for federal judges, as well as a win in the U.S. Supreme Court for securities underwriters regarding the statute of limitations for insider trading claims, landing him a spot among Law360's Appellate MVPs.
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November 30, 2012
Some of 2012’s big U.S. Supreme Court decisions relied on arguments made by Covington & Burling LLP partner Robert Long, whose pivotal role in arguing that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate was a tax and whose fight against the Federal Election Commission’s restrictions on purportedly indecent speech earned him a spot on Law360’s Appellate MVPs.
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November 30, 2012
Over the next several weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of this year's MVP awards honoring attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.
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November 29, 2011
Constitutional law expert, former Stanford law school dean and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP name partner Kathleen M. Sullivan has had an eventful year, successfully defending Wyeth Inc. in a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case, one of a string of recent victories that have earned her a spot on Law360's roster of appellate MVPs.
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November 28, 2011
A win in a landmark Supreme Court case affirming that video games are entitled to the same First Amendment protections as books, movies, music and other forms of entertainment is just one of the victories that earned Jenner & Block LLP's Paul M. Smith a spot on Law 360's list of Appellate MVPs for 2011.
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November 23, 2011
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's E. Joshua Rosenkranz helped Facebook Inc. fight off a challenge to a $65 million settlement with ex-classmates of Mark Zuckerberg who claimed the Facebook founder stole their idea for the social networking site, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.