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.
  • 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

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Zuckerman Spaeder

    Zuckerman Spaeder handled some of the highest-profile white collar cases of 2019, including clearing ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig of a charge that he lied to DOJ officials to cover up his role in a scheme to lobby the Ukrainian government, earning the firm a place on Law360's 2019 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Last year saw Ropes & Gray defend parents including former Willkie Farr co-chair Gordon Caplan in the headline-grabbing "Varsity Blues" case and publish a groundbreaking report on Larry Nassar's sexual abuse, putting the firm among Law360's 2019 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods

    McGuireWoods LLP's white collar practice secured the dismissal of charges against former congressman Aaron Schock, counseled Vice President Mike Pence in the Mueller probe and won a $501 million judgment against North Korea on behalf of the family of Otto Warmbier, earning it a place among Law360's 2019 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Levine Lee

    Boutique firm Levine Lee LLP employed creative arguments that shone a spotlight on the government's "outsourcing" of its fraud investigations to corporate counsel, winning favorable results in two high-profile cases and earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2020

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Talking the U.S. Department of Justice out of charging Cognizant over an alleged bribery scheme and helping Nissan deal with the fallout from undisclosed pay to former CEO Carlos Ghosn were just a few of the significant matters that landed Latham & Watkins among Law360's 2019 White Collar 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.

  • February 07, 2019

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's trailblazing work for Barclays saw the bank fight a financial crisis-era case and avoid criminal charges in a foreign currency investigation at the same time the group helped Wells Fargo weather fallout over retail sales practices, putting the firm among Law360's White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2019

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Skadden

    While achieving the rare feat of beating insider trading charges in a stateside jury trial for medical device executive James Mazzo, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP also flexed its cross-border prowess by helping Société Générale resolve allegations levied at it by multiple countries' agencies, landing the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2019

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's white collar defense group took on cases with vast political and legal implications — from representing White House figures in the Russia investigation to advising former President George W. Bush in document handovers during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings — landing the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 04, 2019

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP served as co-counsel on an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct at CBS News and, specifically, by CBS Chairman Les Moonves, and made recommendations on a racially charged, headline-grabbing incident between a Starbucks employee and a customer over the last year, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2019

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Bracewell

    All eyes were on Bracewell LLP in 2018 when the firm was tapped for the delicate job of deciding which documents prosecutors could use of those seized from President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, making the firm one of Law360's White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 11, 2019

    The Firms That Dominated In 2018

    Law360's top four Firms of the Year notched a combined 32 Practice Group of the Year awards after successfully securing wins in bet-the-company matters and closing high-profile, big-ticket deals for clients throughout 2018.

  • January 11, 2019

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2018 Practice Group 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.

  • February 08, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped to secure a global resolution to bribery allegations that saved Odebrecht SA from going out of business and obtained victim status for FIFA in a widespread corruption scandal, earning a spot for the third consecutive year as one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP helped contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions exit multidistrict litigation over a data breach that affected more than 20 million government employees and represented Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC in a $413 million deal with regulators, landing on Law360's list of White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP won a rare Second Circuit reversal of a former Rabobank employee's conviction for Libor manipulation and secured a nearly $4.8 million settlement on behalf of an investment firm facing a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, landing it among Law360's 2017 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP helped to broker a lower settlement for Deutsche Bank AG over U.S. claims related to its sale of mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis and to defeat a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against four chemical companies, making the firm one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2018

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP has been the counsel of choice for companies and institutions in major public crises, including Takata Corp. in its highly sensitive $1 billion deal with the U.S. Department of Justice last year over faulty air bag inflators linked to at least 13 deaths in the U.S., landing on Law360's list of White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 12, 2018

    The Firms That Dominated In 2017

    Law360’s Firms of the Year rose above the competition with a combined 24 Practice Group of the Year awards after helping their clients win game-changing judgments and close record-breaking deals in 2017. Here’s a closer look at how they landed at the top.

  • January 12, 2018

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2017 Practice Group 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.

  • February 09, 2017

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Across the white collar spectrum, Quinn Emanuel represents clients in matters that stand out, including the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money-laundering cases ever, the largest environmental prosecution ever, and a case involving the largest U.S. Department of Justice penalty reduction ever, which earn the litigation stalwart a place among Law360's 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2017

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Morvillo Abramowitz

    On top of successfully defending a former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive in New York’s high-profile criminal prosecution of the defunct firm, the white collar attorneys with Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC also secured deals for clients in malpractice and bribery litigation, landing it among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2017

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Kramer Levin

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s white collar group notched victories in the courtroom and at the negotiating table over the past year that included persuading federal prosecutors to drop charges in one of the largest tax fraud cases in U.S. history, landing the practice a spot on Law360’s 2016 White Collar Groups of the Year.

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