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, 2025

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey Scott

    Jeffrey Scott of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP chaired the trial team that won the first-ever litigated insider trading case in Delaware Chancery Court history, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • November 17, 2025

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway

    Audra Soloway, a co-chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's securities litigation and enforcement group, secured several major class action dismissals for clients over the past year, including for Amazon and several of its executives in a suit over the pace of growth in the company's distribution network, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • November 14, 2025

    MVP: Latham's Jeff Hammel

    Jeff Hammel of Latham & Watkins LLP's securities litigation practice won three cases in one day in March, notching a distinctive career milestone and earning a place among the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • November 13, 2025

    MVP: Labaton Keller's Alfred L. Fatale III

    Alfred L. Fatale III of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP's led the team that secured a $200 million settlement against Uber Technologies Inc. for investors who had accused the ride-sharing giant of a misleading initial public offering, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities 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 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.

  • October 25, 2024

    MVP: Robbins Geller's Shawn Williams And Mark Solomon

    Shawn Williams and Mark Solomon, managing partners at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, represented a British pension fund in a shareholder lawsuit against one of the deepest-pocketed companies in the world, Apple Inc. After years of litigation, Apple agreed in March to settle the case for $490 million, an outcome that landed both Solomon and Williams on the list of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • October 24, 2024

    MVP: Cleary's Roger Cooper

    Roger Cooper of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's securities and mergers and acquisitions litigation practice led a team of Cleary attorneys to a New York state appellate victory on first impression arguments the firm has been making for a decade, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • October 23, 2024

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert J. Giuffra Jr.

    Robert Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped shepherd Goldman Sachs through 13 years of investor litigation that ended in a victory for his client last year when the Second Circuit applied a new U.S. Supreme Court standard for the first time, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • October 22, 2024

    MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Jeroen van Kwawegen

    Jeroen van Kwawegen, head of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's corporate governance practice, convinced a Delaware court to nullify Elon Musk's $55 billion Tesla compensation package and secured a historic $1 billion settlement for Wells Fargo investors, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • October 21, 2024

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Craig S. Waldman

    Craig Waldman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped secure a ruling of first impression on behalf of Bumble Inc. that enabled the company to fight off an investor suit challenging its unique voting structure, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Securities MVPs.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 30, 2023

    MVP: Shearman's Adam Hakki

    Adam Hakki, a senior partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP, led Paramount Global to a total victory this year in a multibillion-dollar securities class action in New York state court that arose from the collapse of family office Archegos Capital Management, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Securities MVPs.

  • October 27, 2023

    MVP: Pomerantz's Emma Gilmore

    Over the last year, Emma Gilmore of Pomerantz LLP secured a ​​$26.3 million settlement with Deutsche Bank that ended claims it mishandled bad actors like Jeffrey Epstein. She also brokered a $74 million settlement with Arconic Inc. resolving allegations it concealed certain product information. These accomplishments have earned her a spot among Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.

  • October 26, 2023

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Audra Soloway played a key role last year in securing a ruling that could set the tone for the future of state court shareholder lawsuits and played a part in establishing a successful defense against class actions, earning her a spot on Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.

  • October 25, 2023

    MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Ned Weinberger

    Labaton Sucharow LLP partner Ned C. Weinberger's work in scoring a historic settlement for former Dell Technologies Inc. stockholders, as well as other recent victories in Delaware's Chancery Court, secured him a spot among Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.

  • October 24, 2023

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Celio

    Michael Celio of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped score a unanimous verdict in the U.S. Supreme Court this summer in a major win for Slack that limited shareholders' ability to sue companies that go public through a direct listing, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.

  • October 23, 2023

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Laura H. Posner

    Laura Posner of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC served as the managing partner helping a group of pension funds secure a $1 billion settlement with Wells Fargo — one of the largest securities settlements of all time — earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Securities MVPs.

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP co-chair Robert Giuffra Jr. over the past year guided Allianz to a $6 billion deal over the collapse of its "Structured Alpha" investment funds, scored Goldman Sachs another appellate review in a long-running class certification battle, and helped UBS Group AG beat a high-stakes derivatives suit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 09, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Audra Soloway

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Audra Soloway won a number of key dismissals over the past year in investor lawsuits brought against clients like Teladoc Health and the Bank of New York Mellon and participated in a case that netted an important U.S. Supreme Court ruling, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 08, 2022

    MVP: Motley Rice's Gregg S. Levin

    Gregg Levin of Motley Rice LLC's securities practice led the firm's efforts to secure an $809.5 million settlement for Twitter shareholders last year, representing one of the 20 largest securities class action settlements in U.S. history and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 07, 2022

    MVP: Latham's Michele D. Johnson

    Michele D. Johnson of Latham & Watkins LLP's litigation and trial practice helped secure a rare jury trial verdict in a $400 million investor suit against NextGen Healthcare, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 06, 2022

    MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's James A. Harrod

    James A. Harrod of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP helped recover more than $2 billion on behalf of clients over the past year, including in a series of complex cases involving the multibillion-dollar fallout of investment funds overseen by an American subsidiary of Allianz, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities MVPs.

  • September 02, 2022

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2022 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.