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 17, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Wigdor

    Wigdor LLP secured settlements on behalf of an actress victimized by Harvey Weinstein and a fintech executive discharged after two pregnancies, and is leading the charge in high-profile employment litigation against the NFL and NCAA, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 13, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP snagged substantial management-side wins last year, including a decision from the Maryland Supreme Court ruling that the de minimis doctrine for federal wage and hours cases applies to state claims, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 12, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: The DeRubertis Law Firm

    The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured recent jury verdicts for workers in employment litigation, including nearly $35 million in a defamation suit and $27.5 million in a whistleblower case, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 11, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP scored wins for several major companies over the last year, including a Second Circuit ruling for X Corp. that courts cannot compel payment of arbitration fees mid-proceeding and one for AstraZeneca in a nearly $50 million equal pay dispute, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 10, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Duane Morris

    Duane Morris LLP helped Geico defang a sweeping collective action claiming it underpaid call center workers and defeated a harassment class action targeting tortilla maker El Milagro, allowing the companies to dodge millions in potential damages and earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 09, 2026

    Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running California labor code suit against Columbia Sportswear, earning the firm a place among the 2025 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2026

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

  • January 16, 2026

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 27, 2025

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored significant employer-side wins this year, including a Texas federal court's decision to nationally invalidate a federal rule banning noncompetes and defeating misclassification claims against Uber in Massachusetts, once again earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 24, 2025

    Employment Group Of The Year: Shegerian & Associates

    Shegerian & Associates won two jury trials for an oncologist in her gender discrimination lawsuit and secured a $14 million award for a bank manager who was fired for taking leave to care for her critically ill husband, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2025

    Employment Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP represents major companies like Nike and Google, and handled overlapping discrimination government investigations against video game company Activision Blizzard, ultimately notching settlements that closed the book on both probes, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 22, 2025

    Employment Group Of The Year: Epstein Becker

    Epstein Becker Green's employment team convinced the Fifth Circuit to strike down a major U.S. Department of Labor rule governing employers' ability to take tip credits out of servers' wages, a blockbuster achievement that snagged it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 21, 2025

    Employment Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    The plaintiff-side law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC snagged over $78 million last year in settlements for workers who'd faced discrimination on the job, including big payouts from both the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • February 01, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: The deRubertis Law Firm

    The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured a $20 million jury verdict in September for a concierge worker who said the Marriott Marquis didn't accommodate his physical needs after he suffered a spinal cord injury, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Outten & Golden

    With an eye on employers infringing on employees' rights, Outten & Golden LLP has scored high-dollar settlements for women who accused major companies such as Activision Blizzard and Goldman Sachs of promoting and paying them less, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped nail down a historic $215 million settlement for hundreds of women in a long-running gender bias class action lodged against Goldman Sachs, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the past year represented UBS in a whistleblower case before the U.S. Supreme Court, helped Amazon defeat class certification in a suit over home internet expenses and scored a series of wins for gig economy companies, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 26, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis & Bockius

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP counseled UPS in contract negotiations covering hundreds of thousands of workers, defended employers against discrimination claims and advised multiple clients on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, earning it a top spot among Law360's Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 55 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2023 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 19, 2024

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2023, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 24, 2023

    Employment Group Of The Year: DeRubertis Law Firm

    The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured a $460 million jury verdict in June, representing the largest award in an employment case in the country, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 23, 2023

    Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP over the past year guided the U.S. Soccer Federation through high-profile collective bargaining negotiations with its women's and men's national teams and defended dozens of employers from workers challenging COVID-19 vaccine mandates, thereby planting itself among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 20, 2023

    Employment Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Drawing on a deep bench of legal experts and a reputation for digging into complex employment law issues, Jones Day helped avert a potentially devastating work stoppage for the U.S. railroad industry and secured a win for IBM in a novel COVID-19 expenses class action, landing it a spot among Law360's 2022 Employment Groups of the Year.