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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 09, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    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.

  • December 06, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Orrick's Joshua Rosenkranz

    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.

  • December 05, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Akin Gump's Patricia A. Millett

    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.

  • December 04, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal

    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.

  • December 03, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Jones Day's Noel Francisco

    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.

  • December 02, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Miguel Estrada

    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.

  • November 28, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Latham & Watkins' Richard Bress

    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.

  • November 26, 2013

    Appellate MVP: Arnold & Porter's Lisa Blatt

    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.

  • 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

    Appellate MVP: Fish & Richardson's Jonathan Singer

    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.

  • December 05, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Akin Gump's Patricia A. Millett

    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.

  • December 04, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Latham & Watkins' Gregory Garre

    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.

  • December 03, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Christopher Landau

    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.

  • November 30, 2012

    Appellate MVP: Covington & Burling's Robert Long

    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.

  • November 30, 2012

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms

    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.

  • November 29, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    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.

  • November 28, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Jenner & Block's Paul Smith

    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.

  • November 23, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Orrick's Joshua Rosenkranz

    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.

  • November 22, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Sidley Austin's Carter Phillips

    For the attorney who has made more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court than any other current private practitioner, Sidley Austin LLP's Carter Phillips has shown no signs of slowing down in 2011, taking home two high court wins and handily earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • November 21, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Mark Perry

    Earlier this year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Mark A. Perry scored a Supreme Court victory for investment adviser Janus Capital Management LLC that reaffirmed a bright line in securities fraud law, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • November 18, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Jay Lefkowitz of Kirkland & Ellis LLP defied expectations when he convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Pliva v. Mensing that federal laws shielded generic-drug makers from state failure-to-warn claims, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • November 17, 2011

    Appellate MVP: WilmerHale's Mark Fleming

    Armed with a self-effacing, eloquent argument style, Mark Fleming of WilmerHale pulled off a historic Supreme Court upset for his client in Stanford v. Roche this year, a landmark patent case win that has earned him a spot on Law360's roster of 2011 Appellate MVPs.

  • November 16, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Morgan Lewis' Ted Cruz

    A nuanced legal strategy and attention to outside stakeholders helped Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Ted Cruz convince the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a new legal standard for patent infringement this year, one of several victories that earned Cruz a spot on Law360's list of appellate MVPs.

  • November 15, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Dechert's G. Eric Brunstad Jr.

    Defending the family of oilman J. Howard Marshall II against the late Anna Nicole Smith's long-running claim to his fortune, G. Eric Brunstad Jr. of Dechert LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year to find that a bankruptcy court lacked the constitutional authority to enter a final $474 million judgment for the former Playboy model, earning Brunstad a spot on Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

  • November 14, 2011

    Appellate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theodore Boutrous

    Earlier this year, Theodore Boutrous Jr. of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to dismantle the largest class of plaintiffs ever certified, handing his client Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a historic victory and making him an easy pick for Law360's list of Appellate MVPs.

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