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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.
  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Paul Hastings' Jayme Goldstein

    Jayme Goldstein, the co-chair of Paul Hastings' restructuring group, has represented creditors with billions of dollars in claims to negotiate and defend restructuring support agreements behind the complex Chapter 11s of broadcaster Diamond Sports, The Container Store and retail brand owner Franchise Group, earning him recognition as one of the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Covington's David Pinsky

    Covington & Burling LLP partner David Pinsky acts as lead counsel for Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company and has achieved several victories in an enforcement battle over a $5 billion arbitral award the company won following a dispute with Russia, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Eversheds Sutherland's Maria Todorova

    Eversheds Sutherland's Maria Todorova secured a pivotal win for Duke Energy by successfully arguing that South Carolina's investment tax credit statute allowed the company to claim $20 million for qualifying investments, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Christine E. Webber

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC partner Christine E. Webber helped secure more than $65 million in settlements with major institutions over allegations of gender discrimination, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Employment MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore J. Graziano

    Salvatore J. Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP took the lead in defending Meta and Nvidia investors in a pair of cases that were quietly set aside by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, leaving the lawsuits intact and earning Graziano a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Bass Berry's Michael Hess

    Michael Hess of Bass Berry & Sims PLC represented private equity firm Sycamore Partners in its roughly $24 billion deal taking Walgreens off the public market, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Ariel Goldman

    Ariel Goldman of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's banking and finance practice shepherded lenders involved in the Paramount-Skydance merger and delivered over $60 billion in aggregate principal amount of bonds, leveraged loans and commitments for the year, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Cadwalader's Christopher Dickson

    Christopher Dickson of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's real estate practice was lead partner advising lenders Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and The Goldman Sachs Group in the record-breaking $1.15 billion refinancing of a mixed-use waterfront development in Washington, D.C., earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 12, 2025

    MVP: Foley & Lardner's Lisa Glahn

    Lisa F. Glahn, vice chair of Foley & Lardner LLP's litigation department and construction practice, has guided major projects such as the NFL's Denver Broncos' breaking ground on a new 205,000-square-foot facility and Army Football's $135 million Michie Stadium renovation, achievements that earned her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Construction MVPs.

  • November 10, 2025

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • November 25, 2024

    MVP: Cooley's Lila Hope

    Lila Hope of Cooley LLP shepherded SystImmune Inc.'s $8.4 billion collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb Co. and advised Foreseen Biotechnology on its $1 billion licensing agreement with Ipsen, earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 22, 2024

    MVP: Covington's Robert Newman

    Robert Newman of Covington & Burling LLP's employee benefits and executive compensation practice group convinced the Second Circuit to affirm an arbitral award in favor of a New York nurses' pension plan and represented Verizon in a $5.9 billion transfer of pension plan liabilities, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.

  • November 22, 2024

    MVP: Skadden's Graham Robinson

    Graham Robinson of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented Iveric Bio in its $5.9 billion sale to global pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc., earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 21, 2024

    MVP: Fenwick's Douglas Cogen

    Douglas Cogen of Fenwick & West LLP's life sciences practice guided cardiovascular device company Shockwave Medical through a record-breaking acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, while he simultaneously shepherded multiple biopharma companies through multibillion-dollar deals, earning him recognition as a 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 21, 2024

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Stacy Hadeka

    Stacy Hadeka's work in the last year bringing two successful challenges to the award of a roughly $900 million contract from the Office of Refugee Resettlement to transport unaccompanied migrant children has earned the Hogan Lovells LLP partner a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 21, 2024

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Michelle C. Yau

    Michelle Yau of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped to secure multiple multimillion-dollar settlement deals as lead counsel on class actions from workers alleging retirement plan mismanagement, including deals with New York Life Insurance Co. and Citgo Petroleum Corp., earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Wiley's Scott M. McCaleb

    Wiley Rein LLP's Scott McCaleb led a military shipbuilder's successful defense against workers' antitrust claims and advanced The Boeing Co.'s $1 million fight against a Defense Contract Management Agency contract costs adjustment, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Stuart Downing

    Stuart Downing of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's banking and finance practice shepherded major leveraged refinancing transactions over the last year, including advising banks in a $2 billion leveraged finance deal with Creative Arts Agency and guiding a $1.89 billion credit facility for Radiology Partners in an out-of-court restructuring, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford

    D. Brian Hufford of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP secured key wins for his clients over the past year in cases challenging thousands of healthcare coverage denials, including a victory at the Ninth Circuit where he was able to change the court's mind on the third try, earning him a spot as a 2024 Law360 Benefits MVP.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Michelle Kelban

    Michelle Kelban, co-chair of Latham & Watkins LLP's real estate group, helmed a $2 billion construction financing for Cain International and guided Ares Management's blockbuster purchase of GCP International, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Cravath's Wes Earnhardt

    Wes Earnhardt of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's litigation department has represented high-powered media companies such as Walt Disney and Starz Entertainment and successfully argued before the Supreme Court for extended copyright damages, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • November 20, 2024

    MVP: Williams & Connolly's David I. Berl

    David I. Berl of Williams & Connolly LLP's patent litigation practice helped win a first-of-its-kind trial victory on behalf of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals by employing a novel legal strategy that allowed the biotech giant to quickly adjudicate its patent rights to an eye care medicine, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Blank Rome's Luke Meier

    Luke Meier of Blank Rome LLP helped government contractor Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure hang onto a $45 billion nuclear cleanup contract, one of the largest services contracts ever, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Brantley Webb

    Brantley Webb of Mayer Brown LLP's U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice group guided Yale University and Wood Group PLC to trial victories in Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuits and convinced the D.C. Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a challenge to Georgetown University's retirement plans, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Benefits MVPs.

  • November 19, 2024

    MVP: Dentons' Natalie Spears

    Dentons partner Natalie Spears recently led legal teams that defeated a defamation suit brought by a securities lawyer against Dow Jones & Co. and one of its longtime reporters, successfully defended Netflix and one of its directors in a defamation suit involving the acclaimed series "When They See Us," and helped NBCUniversal and its MSNBC anchors beat a defamation case over a Jan. 6-related news story, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment MVPs.