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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 23, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Drawing on expertise in a range of complex legal arenas — from new technology regulation to intellectual property to environmental work — Sidley Austin LLP won a key case for the telecommunications industry in the D.C. Circuit and helped shape new law on Superfund cleanup liability in the Tenth Circuit, landing the firm among  Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Perkins Coie

    Perkins Coie LLP’s appellate attorneys were undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court in the last term and delivered major wins in two voting rights cases, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP's Supreme Court and appellate practice group has tallied up an impressive series of wins over the last year, including two victories in the U.S. Supreme Court and circuit court decisions in favor of clients such as Google, Wells Fargo and CitiMortgage, earning it a place among Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 18, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block

    Jenner & Block LLP’s appellate group delivered significant U.S. Supreme Court wins in challenges to Securities and Exchange Commission disgorgement in enforcement actions and racial gerrymandering over the last year, earning it a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter

    Goodwin Procter LLP's appellate group racked up two recent victories in the Supreme Court, as well as key circuit court wins for clients such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and PHH Corp., earning the group a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2018

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Employing a “beginning to end” approach to appellate work, the Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP team won a major U.S. Supreme Court decision in recent months limiting the doctrine of general personal jurisdiction and secured a historic False Claims Act judgment at the Fifth Circuit, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s 2017 Appellate 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

    Appellate Group Of The Year: WilmerHale

    After notching victories in four major appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, including a decision forcing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to give veteran-owned businesses a first shot at contracting opportunities, WilmerHale's appellate team has been named one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 08, 2017

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    A triumph in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in a closely watched patent matter along with a sustained run of success in 2016 on behalf of financial institutions in state and federal appeals courts in New York and Delaware helped land Sullivan & Cromwell LLP among Law360’s Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • February 07, 2017

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Mayer Brown LLP's appellate group went undefeated in the four cases it argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last term, including a big win for businesses fighting statutory class action claims with the high court's Spokeo ruling, cementing its spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 06, 2017

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Once again, Jones Day made a big splash at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, taking on some of most high profile legal matters including the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate and former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell’s corruption case, earning it a spot as one of Law360’s Appellate Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2017

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's appellate group notched wins in the U.S. Supreme Court for victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism and in federal appeals courts around the country on behalf of Uber, Chevron and other clients in high-stakes litigation, earning it a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 09, 2017

    The Firms That Dominated In 2016

    Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.

  • January 09, 2017

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.