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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 04, 2023
MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Sophia Hudson
Over the past year, Sophia Hudson of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars for major companies such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Norwegian Cruise Line and WeWork, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 04, 2023
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Jeremy Blumenfeld
Morgan Lewis & Bockius' Jeremy Blumenfeld secured a win before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a ruling that outlined the standards for how workers need to plead violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act if they're challenging investment offerings or fees in a defined contribution plan in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hughes v. Northwestern, landing him a spot as one of Law360's MVPs in benefits law.
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October 04, 2023
MVP: Stueve Siegel's Norman Siegel
Norm Siegel of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP has helped thousands of people take on major companies in high-stakes class actions, including one against State Farm that his firm identified as the largest settlement reached in cost of insurance litigation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Class Action MVPs.
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October 04, 2023
MVP: Mayer Brown's Mark G. Hanchet
Mark G. Hanchet of Mayer Brown LLP's banking practice shepherded in two high-profile victories for clients in the D.C. Circuit and the Second Circuit that curb liability under the Anti-Terrorism Act for the entire financial industry, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Banking MVPs.
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October 04, 2023
MVP: Jones Day's Yaakov Roth
Yaakov Roth of Jones Day represented North American Coal Corp. in a U.S. Supreme Court case with a huge impact on administrative law as justices swept away the Obama administration's signature clean energy plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Appellate MVPs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.