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.
  • January 31, 2023

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP led Merck to a trial victory when a New Jersey judge said the health giant's insurer couldn't block coverage for a cyberattack with a war exclusion, just one win that places the firm among Law360's 2022 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2023

    Insurance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    Insurance attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in the past year helped lead the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy to a Chapter 11 plan that would channel tens of thousands of childhood sex abuse claims into a $2.5 billion settlement trust, landing the firm among Law360's 2022 Insurance 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.

  • January 28, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein

    Wiley Rein LLP's representation of insurers over the past year in key coverage actions over soured mergers and acquisitions, like those involving Jarden LLC and Joy Global Inc., and COVID-19 business interruption suits has landed it a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 27, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Pasich LLP

    With a landmark victory for Dole Food Co. against one of its directors and officers insurers in the Delaware Supreme Court, as well as some of the few COVID-19 coverage successes for policyholders, Pasich LLP has been named one of Law360's 2021 Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    Insurance attorneys at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in the last year scored wins for Chubb in pandemic coverage and reinsurance suits, including a $137 million victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, landing the firm among Law360's 2021 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 25, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Dentons

    Dentons' role as lead counsel in AIG's COVID-19 business interruption claims and broader representation of insurers in complex coverage matters and class actions have earned the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Cohen Ziffer

    With a $400 million victory for the New Jersey Transit Corp. before the state's Supreme Court less than a month after launching the firm, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna has earned a spot among Law360's 2021 Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2022

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Anderson Kill

    Insurance attorneys at Anderson Kill PC successfully counseled a New Hampshire hotel chain in a $100 million pandemic coverage suit last year while also securing more than $50 million in asbestos disputes, making it one of Law360's 2021 Insurance 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 10, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's insurance group won the first substantive ruling denying coverage for COVID-19-related losses and notched a couple of victories in representing Hartford, Connecticut, insurers in business income matters arising out of the pandemic, landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • December 09, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Reed Smith

    Getting more than $750 million in coverage for MGM Resorts International for suits related to the 2017 Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas and settling an insurance claim for Kosmos Energy Ghana over the repairs to one of its offshore oil facilities are among the victories that earned Reed Smith a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • December 08, 2020

    Insurance Group of the Year: Pillsbury

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's insurance recovery and advisory attorneys have recovered more than $1 billion for big-name clients over the past year, landing it a spot among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • December 07, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: O'Melveny

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP represented Chubb in COVID-19 business interruption disputes and successfully argued on behalf of dozens of insurers against industrywide consolidation of over 130 virus coverage suits before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • December 04, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Its ability to secure coverage for ITT Corp. in a $66 million settlement over defense of asbestos claims and defense of Rite-Aid Corp. for claims against the pharmacy chain in national opioid litigation has earned Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Insurance 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 06, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley

    Wiley defeated a $20 million coverage claim brought by UBS following the Puerto Rican bond market collapse and brokered a deal heading off a $4 billion directors and officers liability claim tied to the leveraged buyout of Tribune Media, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's insurance and reinsurance group notched several litigation victories for large insurers last year, including helping an AIG unit defeat a ruling requiring it to pay $25 million in coverage for an auto parts maker's losses after a factory shutdown, landing the firm among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: McKool Smith

    McKool Smith PC's insurance recovery practice helped secure a judgment for more than $70 million in coverage for AR Capital LLC, as well as a critical judgment for Pfizer Inc. on a policy exclusion for previously settled litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Locke Lord

    Locke Lord LLP helped guide two multibillion-dollar merger deals, serving as counsel to CVS Health in its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. and representing WellCare in its $17.3 billion merger with Centene Corp., as well as securing a win for Star Insurance Co. over liability in a 2011 plane crash and forest fire, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Blank Rome

    Blank Rome LLP's insurance recovery practice secured $26 million in coverage for a bankrupt Catholic diocese in Minnesota facing more than 100 sexual abuse lawsuits, landing it a spot among Law360's 2019 Insurance Groups of the Year.

  • 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.

  • 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.