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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 13, 2017

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Gregory Evans

    McGuireWoods LLP's Gregory Evans has helped his longtime client Asarco LLP deal with its CERCLA liability by quickly settling with the government and then pursuing other potentially responsible parties in the wake of its bankruptcy, winning appeals court cases that have solidified the approach and landing among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Perkins Coie's David Biderman

    Perkins Coie LLP's David T. Biderman has made a name for himself as a founder and chair of the firm's food litigation group, which beat back labeling suits against the likes of General Mills and Mott's while growing its ranks and clout this year, helping him land a spot among Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Boies Schiller's Michael Gottlieb

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Michael Gottlieb, who launched the firm's cybersecurity group in 2013, recently defended identity theft protection company LifeLock Inc. while establishing a "fake news" cybersecurity subpractice, earning him a place among Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: King & Spalding's Simon Cowled

    King & Spalding LLP's Simon Cowled has advised buyers and sellers on more than $8.5 billion in energy merger and acquisition transactions in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond in the past year, landing him among Law360's 2017 Energy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Lynne Hermle again showed why she's become one of the go-to employment attorneys in Silicon Valley this year, winning two verdicts for Tesla founder Elon Musk's SpaceX to land herself among Law360's 2017 Employment MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Finnegan's James Barney

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP’s James Barney has been a key player in the patent community this year, and his recent Federal Circuit victory for Aqua Products, which pushed the burden of proving patentability in inter partes review proceedings onto the petitioner, has earned him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's J. David Park

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s J. David Park has represented Samsung Electronics, Toray Chemical and other foreign respondents in trade remedies litigation this year, navigating the challenges of working under an administration that, he says, has become much more aggressive, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Craig Holman

    Craig Holman, head of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's government contracts and national security practices, has handled a wide variety of contracting disputes over his 23-year career, and his recent wins on behalf of Johnson Controls, L3 Technologies and a nonprofit serving the significantly disabled landed him a spot among Law360's 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: McKool Smith's Adam Ziffer

    McKool Smith PC principal Adam Ziffer has notched wins for multiple clients this year in cases involving novel insurance issues, including securing $50 million in class action coverage for retirement services giant TIAA, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Insurance MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Andrew Bart

    Jenner & Block LLP's Andrew H. Bart earned a big Second Circuit win for Capitol Records on cutting-edge Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues over the past year, earning the veteran music industry attorney a place on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Stroock's Julia Strickland

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s Julia B. Strickland has had a busy year both as an ace litigator who delivered courtroom victories for JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and others and as an expert counselor who steered clients through turbulent regulatory waters, securing her a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Weil's Matt Barr

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Matt Barr led efforts to bridge the debtor-creditor divide across some of the year’s biggest bankruptcy cases, from working for unsecured creditors in SunEdison’s massive Chapter 11 to guiding global investment holding company China Fishery Group’s $2 billion debt restructuring, netting him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman has had a stellar year, settling multiple class actions against big entities like the NCAA and U.S. Soccer and litigating suits against Stericycle and diabetes drug companies, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Susman Godfrey's Marc Seltzer

    Susman Godfrey LLP's Marc Seltzer secured hundreds of millions of dollars in antitrust settlements over the past year for auto parts buyers in the massive price-fixing litigation and animators fighting the likes of Disney and Pixar over alleged “no poach” deals, landing him among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.

  • December 13, 2017

    MVP: Orrick's Josh Rosenkranz

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's E. Joshua Rosenkranz notched appellate victories for clients this year that included unanimous U.S. Supreme Court wins in a case over whether sheriff's officers used excessive force and a dispute concerning Fannie Mae’s ability to move suits to federal court, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Covington's Raymond Biagini

    Raymond Biagini's representation of defense contractor KBR in long-running multidistrict litigation showcased the Covington & Burling LLP partner's expertise at the intersection of tort and federal contracting law, helping land him a spot on Law360's 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Holland & Hart's Chuck Cotter

    Holland & Hart LLP’s Chuck Cotter is helping natural food startups and already-established brands disrupt the consumer packaged goods market with deals like a large funding initiative for aquaculturists selling frozen fish, landing him among Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Latham's George Mihlsten

    Latham & Watkins LLP's George Mihlsten notched several big wins in 2017, from helping pave the way for a massive new residential and commercial development in Los Angeles County that had been bound up in the courts for years to assisting in improvements at Universal Studios theme park, securing him a place as one of Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Kirkland's Andrew Calder

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Andrew Calder helped guide a host of multibillion-dollar energy deals to completion during the past year, including a novel development tie-up between private equity giant Blackstone and oil and gas driller Sanchez Energy and the sale of bankrupt Texas utility Energy Future Holdings, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Seyfarth's Jon Meer

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Jon Meer has secured numerous victories for companies in wage-related class actions recently, including a significant win in a “bag check” case for shoe giant Nike, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Employment MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes helped swat away, for good, $15 billion multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook of unlawfully tracking users, while defending the makers of “Pokemon Go” from novel claims that sending users to real-life locations in pursuit of virtual creatures encouraged trespassing, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: White & Case's Christopher Curran

    White & Case LLP’s Christopher M. Curran continued his work for Toshiba Corp. this year, defending against a series of alleged cartel cases involving electronic components, and he also scored a big win for Nestle Purina Petcare Co. in a suit over the pricing of prescription pet food, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Taft Stettinius' Robert Bilott

    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's Robert Bilott was the driving force behind litigation over the dumping of a cancer-linked chemical that led to a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and spinoff Chemours this year, making him one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Deanne Maynard

    As co-chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP’s appellate and Supreme Court practice, Deanne Maynard notched several big victories this year at the high court and the Ninth Circuit, including a decision that speeds the path to market for biosimilar medicines, securing her a place among Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2017

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andy Dietderich

    Among his key contributions in large restructuring cases over the past year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich was instrumental in putting together a complex deal that allowed renewable energy giant SunEdison Inc. to confirm a Chapter 11 plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.