Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • October 04, 2023

    MVP: Kramer Levin's Rachael Ringer

    Rachael Ringer of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's bankruptcy practice represented creditors in such major bankruptcies as LATAM Airlines, Purdue Pharma, Endo International and the Boy Scouts of America, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Crystal Nix-Hines

    Crystal Nix-Hines of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP founded the firm's education practice group about six months before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Since then, she and her team have obtained a string of victories in class actions filed against universities following the transition to remote education, earning Nix-Hines a spot among Law360's 2023 Class Action MVPs.

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Jessica Ellsworth

    Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells spent a whirlwind two weeks fighting her way up to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve nationwide access to the widely used abortion medication mifepristone, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs. 

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Davis Polk's Margaret Tahyar

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Margaret E. Tahyar was the trusted hand that the banking industry repeatedly turned to for counsel this spring amid a string of some of the biggest bank failures in U.S. history, earning her a place among Law360's 2023 Banking MVPs.

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Debevoise's Paul Rodel

    Paul Rodel of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's capital markets practice guided AIG and Corebridge Financial in the largest IPO of 2022, following the largest debt offering undertaken by an insurance company, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Brown Rudnick's David Molton

    David Molton of Brown Rudnick LLP has fought to defend victims in some of the most consequential Chapter 11 cases of the past year, challenging corporate powers' attempts to use bankruptcy to shield themselves from liability and winning high-profile dismissals and record settlements, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • October 03, 2023

    MVP: Mayer Brown's Nancy Ross

    Nancy Ross of Mayer Brown LLP persuaded a Connecticut jury that Yale University did not squander benefits plan funds on recordkeeping fees, cementing her spot among Law360's 2023 Benefits MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Cravath's Michael E. Mariani

    Michael E. Mariani of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's corporate law department led multiple record-setting corporate transactions this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly Dermody

    Kelly Dermody of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, who doubles as the firm's managing partner in San Francisco, notched one of the largest discrimination settlements in U.S. history this year in a decade-long case against Goldman Sachs, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Class Action MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Davis Polk's Jennifer Conway

    Jennifer Conway joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in January 2022 and was leading its executive compensation practice group by the year's end, while helping major clients such as Shearman & Sterling and Exxon Mobil navigate corporate transactions, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Benefits MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Akerman's Michael Goldberg

    Michael Goldberg of Akerman LLP's bankruptcy practice helped secure $1.1 billion for victims of the 2021 collapse of a condominium complex in Surfside, Florida, in his role as court-appointed receiver, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Covington & Burling's Ashley Simonsen

    Over the last year, Ashley Simonsen of Covington & Burling LLP secured dismissal of proposed class actions against financial services giant Capital One and fintech companies PayPal and Afterpay, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Banking MVPs.

  • October 02, 2023

    MVP: Hogan Lovells' Neal Katyal

    Neal Katyal of Hogan Lovells argued nearly 10% of the cases that the U.S. Supreme Court heard last year and won some big ones, including the landmark Moore v. Harper, in which the court declared state courts have the power to review state laws related to federal elections, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs.

  • October 01, 2023

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 171 Attys At 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew J. Levander

    Andrew J. Levander, chair of Dechert LLP, represented a billionaire antiquities collector during an intense investigation that concluded with no criminal charges and negotiated a $200 million settlement between JPMorgan and federal regulators over the bank's failure to track employees' electronic communications, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Tom Wuchenich

    Tom Wuchenich of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serves as a leading voice both on major fundraisings — including Hellman & Friedman LLC's recent $24.4 billion fundraise — and at the firm's Los Angeles office, where he serves as managing partner, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Vicente Sederberg's Brian Vicente

    A pioneer in the field of cannabis law, Brian Vicente, founding partner of Vicente Sederberg LLP, recently launched a national nonprofit aimed at reshaping cultural discussions around cannabis and the Hispanic community, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Jones Day's Rémy Fekete

    Rémy Fekete of Jones Day led the successful effort to secure Ethiopia's first private telecom license, worth $850 million, for a consortium working with the International Finance Corp. in a historic transaction for the country, making him a Law360 2022 Telecom MVP.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jonathan Pickhardt

    Jonathan Pickhardt led a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP team that earned a favorable settlement for MBIA Insurance Corp. in a $140 million lawsuit featuring accusations of fraud and promissory estoppel. His deft cross-examination of the plaintiff and his ability to identify new critical witnesses and case theories in this long-running litigation landed him a spot as one of Law360s 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.

  • October 05, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Meredith Dearborn

    Meredith Dearborn of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP helped Apple Inc. win a trial over its App Store policies and secured a favorable settlement for Dolby Laboratories Inc. to end antitrust claims, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Technology MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Bob Zochowski

    Bob Zochowski of Paul Weiss helped introduce music as a new asset class in the structured finance world, representing Guggenheim Securities as the underwriter of Northleaf Capital Partners' $304 million purchase of a music catalog containing the rights and income streams for nearly 53,000 songs from more than 1,300 artists, including Taylor Swift, The Who, Chicago and Tim McGraw, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Structured Finance MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Fox Rothschild's Sean Coyle

    Sean Coyle of Fox Rothschild LLP spearheaded Trulieve Cannabis Corp.'s $2.1 billion purchase of Harvest Health & Recreation, creating the country's most profitable multistate cannabis operator and earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 Cannabis MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Sidley Austin's Timothy J. Treanor

    Timothy J. Treanor of Sidley Austin LLP helped steer $201 million worth of victim payouts to global soccer organizations in the FIFA corruption probe and negotiated a $90 million foreign bribery settlement for waste management company Stericycle, earning him a spot among Law360's 2022 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia

    DLA Piper's Peter Karanjia helped a major internet trade association win an injunction against a Florida law regulating social media companies' abilities to ban some political candidates, leading Karanjia to be named one of Law360's 2022 Telecommunications MVPs.

  • October 04, 2022

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Rachel S.K. Bates

    Rachel S.K. Bates of Latham & Watkins LLP in the last year advised Hyatt on the $2.7 billion acquisition of Apple Leisure Group and also represented the hotel giant in the acquisition and subsequent sale of iconic resort Ventana Big Sur, winning her a place among Law360's 2022 Hospitality MVPs.

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