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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 30, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison

    Eldora Ellison's time in the laboratory has helped her score victories for biotechs and their cutting-edge treatments, making the Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC director a go-to patent litigator and earning her a spot on Law360's list of 2015 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • November 30, 2015

    Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Dan Brockett

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Dan Brockett negotiated one of the largest antitrust class action settlements in history, in which many major banks agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle claims that they rigged the credit default swaps market, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2015 list of Competition MVPs.

  • November 29, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas J. Henry

    With a year that included client Hudson’s Bay Company’s $1.8 billion acquisition of 41 U.S. stores in a venture with Simon Property Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Thomas J. Henry landed once again on Law360’s List of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 25, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Ropes & Gray's Doug Hallward-Driemeier

    Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas Hallward-Driemeier will forever be linked with the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision defining same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, but that case is part of a thick portfolio of top-flight legal work that has earned him a place among Law360's Appellate MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    Competition MVP: Perkins Coie's David Burman

    David Burman of Perkins Coie LLP has been a strong defender of Costco in its battles against international pricing conspiracies, most recently winning $75 million from global LCD manufacturers that a jury deemed were involved in a pervasive price-fixing scheme, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Competition MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of IP Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation earned them a spot in the Intellectual Property category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Securities Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation and complex global matters earned them a spot in the Securities category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Energy Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation and complex global matters earned them a spot in the Securities category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Capital Markets Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Capital Markets category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Health Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Health Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Insurance Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Insurance Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of Tax Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes deals and complex litigation earned them a spot in the Tax Law category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 25, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Sidley Austin's Mark Hopson

    Mark D. Hopson’s work on behalf Bayer this year helped vanquish a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the chemical and pharmaceutical company of making false claims about its line of probiotics, earning the Sidley Austin LLP partner a spot on Law360’s White Collar MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Motley Rice's Joseph Rice

    Motley Rice LLC co-founder Joseph Rice's long reputation for creative approaches to complex settlements at the negotiating table, including his roles in reaching historic settlements with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, landed him a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs for 2015.

  • November 25, 2015

    Sports MVP: Skadden's Jeffrey Mishkin

    Between representing the NBA in its ouster of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league and the NCAA in its continued quest to block players from turning the world of intercollegiate sports on its head, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Jeffrey Mishkin has spent the past year working on the highest profile of cases, landing him on Law360's list of Sports MVPs.

  • November 25, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Paul Weiss' Nicholas Groombridge

    Nicholas P. Groombridge of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP argued a monumental biosimilars case at the Federal Circuit and secured a historic victory for Amgen and the entire industry of brand-name biologics, placing him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs of 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    International Trade MVP: Wiley Rein's Alan Price

    Wiley Rein LLP’s Alan Price has helped level the global playing field for clients such as steel titan Nucor by fighting unfair trade practices and leading the way as a trade policy advocate, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2015 International Trade MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Life Sciences MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck

    In the past year, Charles Ruck of Latham & Watkins LLP has advised $178 billion worth of deals in the life sciences market, not including his work on the recent $160 billion merger of Allergan and Pfizer, a resume that places him among Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    White Collar MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein

    With victories that include securing the Second Circuit reversal of Todd Newman’s insider trading conviction that sent a shock through the industry, recently cemented when the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn’t hear a challenge, Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Stephen Fishbein has carved a berth among Law360’s 2015 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Competition MVP: Gibson Dunn's M. Sean Royall

    Powerhouse antitrust attorney M. Sean Royall of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP had a busy year securing a dismissal for Sanofi-Aventis SA in a novel False Claims Act case over the drug Lovenox, and defending AT&T Inc.'s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of competition MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Jeffrey Keitelman

    Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP real estate practice co-chairman Jeffrey R. Keitelman advised on a number of high-profile deals over the past year, including a complex sale and leaseback for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of real estate MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Appellate MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kathleen Sullivan

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Kathleen M. Sullivan had proven herself a trailblazer as the first female dean of any Stanford University school, and showed 2015 was no exception by scoring a Federal Circuit reversal of the then-largest patent judgment in U.S. history, earning herself a spot among Law360’s Appellate MVPs.

  • November 24, 2015

    Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker

    Under Jones Day attorney Stephanie Parker’s guidance, R.J. Reynolds this year closed out nearly every remaining federal Engle progeny case in Florida and obtained a crucial win at the Eleventh Circuit, accomplishments that land its defense leader among Law360’s Product Liability MVPs for the fourth straight year.

  • November 24, 2015

    Technology MVP: Davis Polk's Alan Denenberg

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Alan Denenberg's work over the last year has included acting as lead counsel to Intel Corp. on its June $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera Corp. and lead underwriters' counsel on the $520 million initial public offering of GoDaddy Inc. in April, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Technology MVPs for 2015.

  • November 24, 2015

    Health MVP: Zuckerman Spaeder's D. Brian Hufford

    Zuckerman Spaeder LLP partner D. Brian Hufford’s commitment to holding insurance companies accountable in health care disputes saw several major wins this year including a September ruling that health care providers can exercise ERISA rights assigned by their patients, landing him among Law360’s Health MVPs for 2015.