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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 06, 2017

    White Collar Group of the Year: King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP attorneys represented clients in some of the past year’s biggest white collar cases and government investigations, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge scandal, earning them a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2017

    White Collar Practice Group of the Year: Jones Day

    The Jones Day white collar group made headlines by securing a vacated corruption conviction for a former Virginia governor and the first ever deferred prosecution deal in the United Kingdom, landing it among this year's 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.

  • February 04, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's lawyers knew all along that former BP Gulf of Mexico exploration chief David Rainey was innocent. Targeted over the truth of public statements after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Rainey still had to convince a jury — and the way his lawyers at Steptoe went about it landed them among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 03, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin

    When a tiny thrift bank in New York’s Chinatown vowed to fight fraud charges brought by Manhattan’s powerful district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., it was Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP that helped steer it to vindication following a four-month trial, an achievement that established the firm as having one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling

    Shearman & Sterling LLP’s white collar attorneys last year scored a complete victory on behalf of a former hedge fund manager in the landmark Newman insider trading case and secured a favorable settlement for a Bank of New York Mellon Corp. executive accused of currency trading violations, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s 2015 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP’s formidable trial prowess allowed Petro Tiger Ltd.’s former CEO to walk out of court a free man and its international expertise is being leveraged to represent FIFA in a high-profile global bribery investigation, earning it a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP attorneys negotiated a global settlement on behalf of client Deutsche Bank AG over the Libor scandal and helped cement the landmark Newman insider trading decision, earning the firm recognition as one of Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • January 28, 2016

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Morvillo Abramowitz

    Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC persuaded a jury to acquit Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former chairman of criminal charges following a grueling, four-month trial, then struck a favorable deferred prosecution deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year for 2015.

  • December 18, 2015

    The Firms That Dominated In 2015

    Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.

  • December 18, 2015

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Group of the Year awards, given to those firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation.

  • February 10, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP’s white collar practice delivered clients critical victories in 2014, including besting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an insider trading trial, and built toward its future with a slew of new hires, making it one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods

    McGuireWoods LLP's white collar team worked in 2014 to secure a recovery of more than $342 million for victims of the ZeekRewards Ponzi scheme and scored a complete walk for a key figure in the public corruption scandal involving ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, making it a Law360 White Collar Group of the Year.

  • February 06, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler

    Building on a strong 2013 campaign in which it successfully defended JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s “London Whale” trader, BakerHostetler helped defrauded investors in Michael Kenwood Capital Management LLC boost recoveries to $400 million, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn solidified in 2014 an already sterling reputation for criminal defense work, and earned a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year by securing acquittals and settlements at the forefront of the government’s efforts to push the limits on liability for securities fraud, insider trading and foreign bribery violations.

  • February 04, 2015

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP scored a major victory when it cleared sTec Inc.’s ex-CEO of insider trading claims as it also represents PG&E Corp. regarding the San Bruno pipeline explosion, a rare corporate criminal case heading toward trial, earning a spot among Law360’s White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year

    Showcasing strength in numbers and the agility needed to serve up top-notch client service on a number of fronts, two law firms secured a combined 18 Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards in 2014 to earn the distinction of Law360's Firms of the Year.

  • December 19, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year, awarded to firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits.

  • January 21, 2014

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling

    Shearman & Sterling LLP secured two acquittals in the prosecution of price-fixing in the liquid crystal display flatscreen industry and is engaged in a closely watched appeal that could affect the way hedge fund executives are prosecuted under insider trading laws, earning the firm a place among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of 2013.

  • January 17, 2014

    Practice Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster

    Morrison & Foerster LLP's white collar attorneys have twice defeated Manhattan's feared federal prosecutors at trials over a semiconductor company CEO's alleged stock-options backdating and pursued MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s leadership after the brokerage's collapse, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 16, 2014

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Irell & Manella

    Irell & Manella LLP's white collar defense team last year won the dismissal of two high-profile criminal indictments — including the first ever criminal robosigning indictment — after uncovering evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in both cases, earning the firm a spot among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of 2013.

  • January 01, 2014

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.

  • January 23, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn

    Winston & Strawn LLP's white collar team added to its already deep stable of former federal prosecutors in 2012, while shepherding high-profile defendants like Illinois political insider William Cellini and Spectranetics Corp. CEO John Schulte past the heftiest charges against them at trial, earning the team a place among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2013

    White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP's white collar practice combines the tight-knit feel of a boutique law shop with the backing and resources a larger firm affords, earning the group an impressive roster of clients like Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Lloyd Blankfein, along with a place on Law360's list of White Collar Groups of the Year.

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