Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • February 15, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Orrick

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's appellate practice group notched high-stakes wins in the past year for major tech, pharmaceutical and financial companies, including a substantial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court for fabric designer Unicolors, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP came out on top at the U.S. Supreme Court twice last year, convincing the justices that no emotional damages are available under the Affordable Care Act and getting clarity on who has jurisdiction when a non-Native person commits a crime on tribal land, earning it a spot among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Latham

    The appellate practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP won four of the five cases its attorneys argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last term, including unanimous opinions involving international arbitration and a tax levy challenge, landing the firm among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Munger Tolles

    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a massive pay cut to a drug discount program for hospitals serving low-income rural communities, children's hospitals and cancer clinics, and helped Lyft convince the First Circuit that its drivers were not engaged in interstate commerce, which would exempt them from arbitration, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy

    Clement & Murphy PLLC achieved high-profile U.S. Supreme Court wins for a football coach conducting silent prayer at midfield and for gun advocates hoping to knock down New York state restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, netting the boutique a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 13, 2023

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2022, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • February 03, 2022

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Wilson Sonsini

    It required an argument by phone from a former federal judge in a remote cabin in Utah, but Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC recently won a U.S. Supreme Court decision that preserved important constitutional rules for Delaware state courts, helping land the firm among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2022

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    Williams & Connolly LLP notched multiple U.S. Supreme Court wins on behalf of benefits applicants and successfully represented health care firm GlaxoSmithKline in a Delaware case that could have a major influence on contract law, helping the firm once again earn a spot among Law360's 2021 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.