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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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February 01, 2022
Appellate Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP secured win after win for its clients at the U.S. Supreme Court this term, shaping the future of major climate change litigation while fighting on behalf of energy companies and narrowing the scope of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 31, 2022
Appellate Group Of The Year: Kirkland
The appellate practice at Kirkland & Ellis LLP scored several victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, including one case that determined Alaska Native corporations were entitled to federal COVID-19 relief and another that determined states can't use sovereign immunity to prevent gas pipelines from being built on state-owned land, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2022
Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP came out on top in a long-running tug-of-war over media ownership rules that culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court case, scoring a unanimous decision that helped land the firm among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2022
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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January 14, 2022
The Firms That Dominated In 2021
Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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December 04, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP scored wins in two major intellectual property cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including a decision in favor of Booking.com that adding a domain to a generic name can create a protectable trademark, which put it among Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.
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December 03, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
Lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP netted several wins before the U.S. Supreme Court this year, where they helped overturn decades-old precedent that permitted convictions without a unanimous jury vote and helped an inmate appeal his sentence pro bono — accomplishments that landed them among Law360's 2020 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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December 02, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's appellate practice notched decisive victories at the U.S. Supreme Court this year, including one that determined the status of the Appalachian Trail and another that netted $12 billion for health insurers, earning them a spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 01, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day secured win after win for its clients before the Supreme Court last term, clearing the conviction of a public official caught up in the infamous Bridgegate scandal and earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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November 30, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's appellate practice represented Dreamers before the Supreme Court and helped secure them an injunction halting the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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November 25, 2020
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2020 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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November 25, 2020
The Firms That Dominated In 2020
The eight law firms topping Law360's Firms of the Year managed to win 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, for guiding landmark deals, scoring victories in high-profile disputes and helping companies navigate uncharted legal seas made rough by the coronavirus pandemic.
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January 31, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
Lawyers at WilmerHale landed in front of the Supreme Court three times in the past year, where they netted big wins in remaking the limits of bankruptcy protection, sovereign immunity and liability on the high seas, accomplishments that have landed the firm a place, yet again, among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Sidley
Over the past year, Sidley Austin LLP's appellate team beat back a federal challenge to AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner and secured two key victories at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the powerhouse a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP's appellate group secured an impressive number of victories for major clients in cases addressing important issues over the last year, including one for Google in the U.S. Supreme Court and another for Facebook in California federal court, as well as a big win for arbitration clauses, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day scored a key victory for Merck in a closely watched Supreme Court case involving drug warning labels, and won a highly publicized First Amendment high court ruling to uphold the constitutionality of a government-kept cross on public land, making the firm a Law360 2019 Appellate Group of the Year.
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January 27, 2020
Appellate Practice Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
After victories in 2019, including a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling that defined "full costs" in patent litigation, a trailblazing win for a company whose property Venezuela nationalized, and a rapid response for Facebook after a subpoena in a murder case, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has extended its streak as a Law360 2019 Appellate Group of the Year.
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January 24, 2020
Appellate Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's U.S. Supreme Court and appellate practice group stood out with a series of significant wins over the last year, including scoring a precedent-setting Supreme Court victory in favor of hospitals and health care practices in a Medicare Act rulemaking challenge, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2020
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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January 11, 2020
The Firms That Dominated In 2019
Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.
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January 18, 2019
Appellate Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP's Supreme Court and appellate practice group tallied up an impressive series of wins over the last year, including presenting oral arguments in three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and representing the prevailing parties in several of the most significant appellate victories in the country, earning it a place among Law360's 2018 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2019
Appellate Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick's appellate team was undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court in the last term, swaying then-new Justice Neil Gorsuch's deciding vote in an immigration case that nixed a tool used to place people in deportation proceedings, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2019
Appellate Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP had a big year in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018, winning six cases, including one concerning the Alien Tort Statute and one for the Wisconsin State Legislature in a gerrymandering case, earning it a spot among Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2019
Appellate Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block's 22-person appellate team won a case that could radically change how people watch sporting events and successfully argued a case at the U.S. Supreme Court that will affect anyone who pays taxes, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2019
Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP won big at the U.S. Supreme Court in challenges over a federal gambling statute and the appointment of administrative judges at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, while the appellate practice helped redefine "money remuneration" under a Depression-era railroad tax law, continuing the firm's streak as one of Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.