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 07, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP settled several major lawsuits in the past year, including a historic agreement with New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to make nearly all of its subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2023

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day spent 2022 securing multiple victories in high-stakes class action lawsuits, including one they identified as the largest to go before a trial jury that year, earning the firm recognition among Law360's 2022 Class Action 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 11, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Simmons Hanly

    Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC co-led negotiations against three opioid distributors and an opioid manufacturer that resulted in a $26 billion settlement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP hammered out notable class action settlements this past year, helping gold traders resolve price-fixing claims against big banks and steering automakers Hyundai and Kia to a deal over alleged engine defects, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP notched a significant victory for Goldman Sachs by successfully arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that class certification should be vacated in a decade-old investor suit against the bank, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP scored victories in a series of innovative class actions throughout the year, including a win at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of college athletes and a $700 million settlement in a suit against Mercedes-Benz USA LLC, earning the firm a place as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of of the Year.

  • February 07, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Class action attorneys at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP stopped two bet-the-company cases targeting Facebook and Jimmy John's dead in their tracks last year and reversed major decisions against Walmart, Comcast and Uber on appeal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2022

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has scored big successes in recent months, like inking a nine-figure deal on behalf of those affected by Flint, Michigan's toxic water crisis, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Class Action 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 07, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Kirkland

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP successfully defended AbbVie from a novel theory that it had created a "patent thicket" around its immunosuppressant drug Humira to block cheaper biosimilars from coming onto the market, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • December 04, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP brought massive class actions to a close throughout the year, securing a landmark $215 million deal for the patients of a doctor accused of sexual assault and nabbing $700 million for Mercedes drivers, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Class Action Groups of 2020.

  • December 03, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Edelson

    Edelson PC inked an unprecedented $650 million settlement with Facebook over biometric privacy violations, and snagged the highest-ever privacy verdict in a TCPA suit against marketing company ViSalus, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • December 02, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: DiCello Levitt

    Class action litigators at DiCello Levitt have tallied up more than $2.3 billion in recoveries over the past year, driving settlements with auto giants Ford and General Motors to the finish line and earning the new firm its first spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • December 01, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington and Burling LLP helped Paycheck Protection Program lenders navigate $3 billion in claims, thwarted a federal judge's bid to bypass arguments in a massive opioid litigation and steered Facebook through accusations that it misled advertisers, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • November 30, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped secure $600 million for Flint, Michigan, residents exposed to lead-tainted water and assisted with negotiating a $575 million deal to settle antitrust claims against a major California hospital system, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • February 07, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP negotiated a $120 million deal ending claims related to the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme and scored a rare en banc victory in the Eleventh Circuit for insurers accused of improperly lowering car repair costs, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Simmons Hanly

    Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC has been able to strike multimillion-dollar settlements against pharmaceutical giants including Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharma over the opioid crisis, landing it a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP notched a major win for college athletes in their fight for fair compensation and secured over $1 billion in settlement funds for their clients, landing the group among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped a pair of Korean ramen companies beat a $500 million antitrust suit and secured a $20 million settlement for Uber to resolve independent contractor misclassification claims by drivers, landing it among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibbs Law Group

    Gibbs Law Group LLP won a $1.5 billion settlement against Equifax for a massive data security breach and reached deals against Hyundai over shattering sunroofs and a television manufacturer over improperly collected consumer data, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Edelson

    Edelson PC helped certify a class of 6 million Illinois residents in a case against Facebook for its facial recognition data collection and won a $925 million jury verdict on behalf of consumers suing a marketing company accused of unauthorized robocalls, landing the group among Law360's 2019 Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.