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 27, 2011

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley

    Sidley Austin LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to hear game-changing global warming litigation and secured a win for Duke Energy Corp. that could impact the enforcement of the Clean Air Act, earning it a place among Law360's Environmental Groups of 2010.

  • January 26, 2011

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP's environmental litigators won a sweeping appellate victory for Dow Chemical Co. in the Rocky Flats radioactive waste case last year, while its transactional team smoothed the path out of bankruptcy for two chemical companies, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Environmental Groups of 2010.

  • January 25, 2011

    Environmental Group Of The Year: King & Spalding LLP

    With courtroom victories in the closely watched tri-state water wars cases and the defeat of landmark climate change litigation against several major oil and gas companies, King & Spalding LLP has earned a spot among Law360's Environmental Groups of 2010.

  • January 24, 2011

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day won court victories in tough Clean Air Act and global warming fights, including major rulings for Midwest Generation LLC and Xcel Energy Inc., earning it a reputation as a top environmental litigation firm and a place among Law360's Environmental Groups of 2010.

  • January 21, 2011

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams

    Hunton & Williams LLP saved the Tennessee Valley Authority from spending more than $1 billion to install emissions controls at four coal-fired power plants and helped the American Farm Bureau Federation and others invalidate a policy directive that would have subjected millions of acres of farmland to regulation under the Clean Water Act, earning it a spot among Law360's Environmental Groups of 2010.

  • January 20, 2011

    Law360's Environmental Groups Of The Year

    In the face of burgeoning nuisance litigation over climate change and pollution suits seeking billions of dollars in damages, some law firms' environmental practices stood out by helping major corporations toss cases brought by federal regulators, state governments and conservation groups, earning them a spot among Law360's Environmental Groups Of 2010.