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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 12, 2025

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicolas Bourtin

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Nicolas Bourtin played a key role in the dismissal of all criminal charges in a foreign bribery case against the ex-general counsel for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and helped TD Bank reach a historic resolution in a criminal probe of its anti-money laundering program, securing him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 11, 2025

    MVP: Skadden's David Meister

    David Meister of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP led a defense team representing Ke "Eric" Tang, the founder of cryptocurrency company KuCoin, scoring a deferred prosecution agreement after federal prosecutors indicted Tang on claims he owned part of an unlicensed money transmitting business, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 10, 2025

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jeff Knox

    Jeff Knox, co-managing partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Washington, D.C., office and co-head of the government and internal investigations practice, defended an individual client from a yearslong financial investigation and litigation this year, and resolved matters for clients including Deutsche Bank and the Dutch energy-trading firm Vitol, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 09, 2025

    MVP: Keker's Elliot Peters

    Elliot Peters, a partner at San Francisco trial firm Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, achieved an acquittal for a Palm Springs, California, developer accused of bribery, and guided a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner to a favorable result after being sued by Denmark, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 08, 2025

    MVP: A&O Shearman's Katherine Stoller

    Katherine Stoller of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has helped Danske Bank navigate the aftermath of its $2 billion settlement in a major financial fraud scandal and worked closely with Binance Holdings Ltd.'s outside monitor after a more than $4 billion resolution in a high-profile anti-money laundering and sanctions violations case, earning her a spot among the 2025 Law360 White Collar 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 24, 2024

    MVP: Kaplan Marino's Nina Marino

    Nina Marino, founding partner of white collar boutique Kaplan Marino PC, secured a full acquittal for engineering firm founder Dennis Mitsunaga in a 12-week jury trial in Hawaii, and ensured that charges were dismissed against a lawyer accused by the district attorney's office in Orange County, California, of running an illegal referral and kickbacks scheme before the case ever went to trial, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 23, 2024

    MVP: Dechert's Jonathan R. Streeter

    Jonathan R. Streeter, co-chair of Dechert LLP's global litigation practice, guided Icahn Enterprises LP in the navigation of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and related civil litigation, and also represented Energy Harbor through a corruption investigation that was followed by a successful sale of the company earlier this year. Streeter's efforts in these matters, among others, earned him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 22, 2024

    MVP: E. Danya Perry of Perry Law

    E. Danya Perry represented former President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Micahel Cohen in a trio of cases, including Trump's criminal trial in which Cohen was a star witness, and started her own law firm. Those and other events from the past year landed her a spot among Law360's 2024 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 21, 2024

    MVP: Steptoe's Brian Heberlig

    Steptoe LLP's Brian Heberlig got a British tech billionaire and former CEO acquitted of federal securities fraud charges involving billions of dollars, and pushed through profound personal tragedy to serve his clients' needs, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 White Collar 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.

  • November 03, 2023

    MVP: Paul Hastings' John S. Darden

    John "Jay" Darden of Paul Hastings LLP's white collar practice has successfully defended international clients, including a Swiss tech firm and a Brazilian electricity company, from complex, high-stakes investigations over the last year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 02, 2023

    MVP: Moore & Van Allen's John A. Fagg Jr.

    John Fagg Jr. of Moore & Van Allen PLLC achieved an acquittal at the end of a historic third federal trial for a retired Pilgrim's Pride CEO accused of conspiring to fix chicken prices and then quickly pivoted to help Bank of America resolve a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission matter, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 01, 2023

    MVP: Kramer Levin's Barry Berke

    Barry Berke of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP successfully defended a former New York lieutenant governor against bribery charges and secured a win in a seven-year-old insider trading suit, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 31, 2023

    MVP: Jones Day's Bethany Biesenthal

    Bethany Biesenthal of Jones Day's white collar practice secured a full acquittal for a client who was accused of spoofing and market manipulation while working at a large Wall Street bank, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 30, 2023

    MVP: Covington & Burling's Steve Fagell

    This is the second time in three years that Steve Fagell of Covington & Burling LLP has earned a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs — and for good reason: He continues to negotiate impressive, relatively painless resolutions for prominent corporate clients grappling with high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement matters.

  • 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.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew J. Levander

    Andrew J. Levander, chair of Dechert LLP, represented a billionaire antiquities collector during an intense investigation that concluded with no criminal charges and negotiated a $200 million settlement between JPMorgan and federal regulators over the bank's failure to track employees' electronic communications, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Sidley Austin's Timothy J. Treanor

    Timothy J. Treanor of Sidley Austin LLP helped steer $201 million worth of victim payouts to global soccer organizations in the FIFA corruption probe and negotiated a $90 million foreign bribery settlement for waste management company Stericycle, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 09, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Thomas Werlen

    Thomas Werlen of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's white collar practice won the first criminal trial against a Swiss bank and helped FIFA recover $201 million in losses stemming from an international corruption scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 08, 2022

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Joel Cohen

    Joel Cohen of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP defended a real estate developer in a once-sweeping $500 million fraud case that ended in July with the developer accepting a plea deal involving minor accusations and receiving a no-prison sentence, earning Cohen a spot on Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • September 06, 2022

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley Bondi

    Bradley Bondi of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's white collar practice prompted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to take an alleged short-seller to trial, and he will represent Nikola Corp. founder and former CEO Trevor Milton in one of the most anticipated criminal trials of the year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar 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.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Soo-Mi Rhee

    Arnold & Porter partner Soo-Mi Rhee secured leniency agreements with three different government agencies in Brazil to resolve corruption-related charges against Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and helped a global financial institution escape monetary penalty for alleged violations of sanctions laws, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Juan Morillo

    Juan Morillo of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a Swiss bank avoid criminal charges as it navigates the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and is helping Mexican industrial executives fight alleged government takeovers of their businesses, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.