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 18, 2012

    Environmental MVP: Thompson Hine's Terrence Fay

    Thompson Hine LLP partner Terrence Fay has worked in environmental law since the field’s formative years in the 1960s and 1970s, and his depth and breadth of knowledge helped him win two big Ohio cases for Waste Management Inc. this year, earning him a spot among Law360’s Environmental MVPs.

  • December 17, 2012

    Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mary Rose Alexander

    Tenacious preparation and a simultaneously steely and sunny courtroom demeanor helped Latham & Watkins LLP partner Mary Rose Alexander score a pair of significant victories for Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Nalco Co. this year and land her a place among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 14, 2012

    Environmental MVP: DLA Piper's Robert Alessi

    DLA Piper's Robert Alessi stopped environmental groups from stymieing a $257 million Marcellus Shale gas pipeline and prevented the Second Circuit from setting a precedent that could have undermined natural gas production in key states, making him one of Law360's Environmental 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.

  • December 13, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Janice Schneider

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Janice Schneider spent the past seven years helping San Diego Gas & Electric navigate scrutiny by government agencies and opposition by environmental groups against its $2 billion renewable energy transmission line across California, and helped construction get under way in the fall of last year, landing on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 12, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Vorys Sater's Mark Norman

    As lead attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio, in a federal crackdown on sewage overflows, Mark Norman of Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP negotiated a consent decree that allowed the county to commit an additional $1.79 billion in infrastructure improvements while protecting the county's finances and ratepayers, earning him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 09, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Walter Lohmann

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Walter Lohmann helped Chemtura Corp. settle environmental remediation obligations at some 100 sites and transition out of bankruptcy with a clean slate, and his effective outreach strategy has earned him a spot among Law360's Environmental MVPs.

  • December 08, 2011

    Environmental MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's David Elkind

    After eight years of battling for coverage in a complicated suit over a toxic waste sites cleanup project, Dickstein Shapiro LLP partner David Elkind won a $29.7 million judgment for New York State Electric & Gas Corp. against its old parent company, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Environmental MVPs.