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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 15, 2017

    MVP: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Damian Schaible's work guiding creditor groups through a wide range of energy company bankruptcies, including the cases of coal giant Peabody Energy Corp. and oil field service firms C&J Energy Services and Key Energy Services, has earned him a spot on Law360's 2017 list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2017

    MVP: King & Spalding's Phyllis Sumner

    King & Spalding LLP’s Phyllis Sumner was tapped this fall to head the team steering credit reporting giant Equifax through the legal fallout from a massive data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 145 million Americans and spawned class action lawsuits, congressional hearings and regulatory probes, landing her a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Skadden's Jay Kasner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jay Kasner's successes for a broad range of clients, from industrial giants and technology businesses to the global financial institutions that underwrite their securities, earned him a spot on this year's list of Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Haynes And Boone's David Siegal

    David Siegal, co-chair of Haynes and Boone LLP's white collar practice, exposed a fatal flaw in Manhattan federal prosecutors' high-profile case against private equity executive Benjamin Wey this year, getting the charges dismissed and earning a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Eric Krautheimer

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Eric Krautheimer shepherded clients through three of the biggest transactions in the past year, including the $108.7 billion AT&T merger with Time Warner, Bayer's $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto and Amazon's $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, making him one of Law360's 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Craig Cardon

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s Craig Cardon nabbed big victories for major retailers like Nordstrom and Columbia Sportswear in recent months, landing among Law360’s Retail MVPs for the third year running by securing game-changing decisions in pricing and false-advertising class actions while helping his clients navigate looming regulatory concerns.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Drew Flowers has been guiding some of the biggest real estate deals on both coasts, including Related Cos.' ongoing role in multibillion-dollar projects at New York's Hudson Yards and San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center terminal, earning him a spot on Law360's 2017 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mark Menting

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Mark J. Menting helped banks and other financial institutions close deals worth more than $8 billion in the last year, including a complex transaction that brought two of the biggest names in stock trading together, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Alfred Ng

    From Shearman & Sterling LLP's office in Singapore, counsel Alfred Ng of the firm's project development and finance practice group has found innovative ways to guide clients through a variety of major projects in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Hong Kong, landing him a selection as one of Law360’s 2017 Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: King & Spalding's Andrew Bayman

    King & Spalding LLP's Andrew Bayman helped limit GlaxoSmithKline's damages to $3 million in a closely watched federal trial over the company's liability for the suicide of a Reed Smith LLP partner who used a generic version of Paxil, landing him among Law360's 2017 Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Daniel Petrocelli landed a massive win that helped shape the music industry when New York's highest appeals court ruled that radio companies like SiriusXM are not required to pay to broadcast pre-1972 recordings over the air, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Hurd

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's longtime partner Matthew Hurd led the Netherlands-based health technology giant Royal Philips in its $2.2 billion acquisition of U.S. medical device company The Spectranetics Corp. over the past year and is currently guiding Bayer AG in its planned $66 billion takeover of Monsanto Co., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Hughes Hubbard's James Dabney

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP’s James Dabney persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to put limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed, a decision that upended almost 30 years of established practice and has changed the patent litigation map, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Covington's Mark Plotkin

    Covington & Burling LLP partner Mark E. Plotkin spent the past year securing U.S. government approval for a litany of billion-dollar overseas transactions with sensitive security implications, headlined by the $3.2 billion sale of Intersil Corp. to Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: McKool Smith's Kenneth Frenchman

    McKool Smith PC’s Kenneth Frenchman has helped policyholders access hundreds of millions of dollars from contested insurance policies over the past year, including a major win in the Superior Court of New Jersey that unlocked $400 million for the NJ Transit Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2017 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Craig Margolis

    Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Craig Margolis has guided defense contractors through False Claims Act and other fraud litigation in the past year, including helping KBR Inc. beat a former employee’s long-running suit accusing the company of accepting kickbacks, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Irell & Manella's David Schwarz

    Irell & Manella LLP’s David Schwarz has represented California agricultural growers in complex cases that raised constitutional questions this year, including a win at the Ninth Circuit for two of the largest growers in the nation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Morgan Lewis' James Dragna

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s James J. Dragna has helped various clients navigate complex environmental proceedings in the past year on issues ranging from a natural gas leak in California to a case involving the allocation of cleanup costs at a San Diego site, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Skadden's Frank Bayouth

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Frank Bayouth helped several clients close major transactions in the energy sector this year, including two multibillion-dollar deals within a month of each other, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Energy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Littler Mendelson's Maury Baskin

    Littler Mendelson PC’s Maury Baskin played a central role in stopping some of the Obama administration’s signature labor policies in their tracks over the past year, including a controversial overtime rule and a regulation that would have required government contractors to report labor law violations, making him one of Law360’s Employment MVPs for 2017.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Michael Sobol

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Michael Sobol scored a significant win for consumers this year when he helped secure a $115 million settlement for those impacted by the massive Anthem data breach, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Saul P. Morgenstern

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s Saul P. Morgenstern has spent the past year defending a trove of industry giants, from Penguin Group to Norfolk Southern, against individual and class action antitrust claims while helping others nip claims in the bud, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Competition MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Steven Toll won major settlements for investors over the past year, including a $175 million agreement with BP over shares sold during the company’s 2010 oil spill and a $165 million deal with big banks over practices that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Nicole Greenblatt successfully guided the reorganization of shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. this summer in a case that gave struggling brick-and-mortar operations hope for survival in an increasingly precarious industry, earning her a spot on Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2017.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam

    Williams & Connolly LLP’s Kannon Shanmugam has scored wins for multiple clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and the circuit courts in the past year, including two high court victories that narrowed the scope of challenges facing debt collectors, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.