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.
  • 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.

  • December 17, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Fish & Richardson's Jonathan Singer

    Fish & Richardson PC's Jonathan E. Singer in 2013 sealed a major Federal Circuit victory directing courts to look at all objective facts when deciding the obviousness of drug patents, one of several high-profile triumphs that scored him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 16, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland's Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Jay P. Lefkowitz took home the gold this year when he won the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned a landmark ruling on generic-drug companies’ liability with respect to state tort claims, landing him a spot among Law360’s 2013 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 13, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Morrison & Foerster's David Doyle

    Morrison & Foerster LLP partner David C. Doyle has successfully fought for generic drug companies’ access to markets years before competitors’ exclusivity runs out, including Sandoz Inc.’s bid to invalidate Teva Pharmaceutical USA Inc.’s patents for its $3 billion a year Copaxone drug, netting him a spot on Law360’s list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: White & Case's Dimitrios Drivas

    White & Case LLP's Dimitrios Drivas leverages his background in biochemistry and his nearly 30 years of experience representing major pharmaceutical companies to net victories for his clients when billion-dollar inventions are at stake, including a battle over the world's top-selling drug of all time, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2013 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Life Sciences MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Frank Aquila

    This past year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Frank Aquila guided Amgen Inc. in its $10.4 billion acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., strengthening the biotechnology firm's cancer drug portfolio and earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs of 2013.

  • 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

    Life Sciences MVP: Weil's Liz Weiswasser

    A career spent guiding pharmaceutical and biotechnology developers through the life cycle of their products, from development and patent protection to litigation — including a victory for Wake Forest University in August with billion-dollar implications — has earned Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Liz Weiswasser a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Morgan Lewis' Randall Sunberg

    Randall Sunberg of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP spent the last year facilitating collaborations among pharmaceutical companies, including a nearly $2 billion multidrug deal between H. Lundbeck A/S and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: O'Melveny's Paul Scrivano

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Paul Scrivano has a broad mergers and acquisitions practice, but it is his work on cross-border deals involving the cutting edge of the biotech industry and an innovative investment in a Georgia firm that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay Lefkowitz has had a starring role in some of the year’s most significant life sciences cases, including the Supreme Court’s recent decision to review a ruling that will mark the first significant test of its landmark Mensing judgment, earning him a spot among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 30, 2012

    Life Sciences MVP: Covington's John Hurvitz

    Helping Eli Lilly and Co. unwind a complicated joint venture as part of a $1.65 billion deal was just one of a number of significant transactions led by Covington & Burling LLP's John Hurvitz this year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Life Sciences 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.

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