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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 28, 2024

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis

    Victoria Maroulis — co-chair of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's national intellectual property litigation practice — beat back a major patent infringement case against Samsung Electronics in Texas and helped guide junior attorneys through an important cross-examination in patent proceedings on behalf of Juul Labs Inc., earning her a spot among the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 25, 2024

    MVP: McKool Smith's Jennifer Truelove

    McKool Smith patent trial attorney Jennifer Truelove helped Netlist secure $445 million in patent infringement damages awards, and also assisted in getting a $192 million verdict against Samsung for Mojo Mobility and a $142 million award for another company, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 IP MVPs.

  • October 24, 2024

    MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's David Bernstein

    David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped a beverage mogul avoid a Texas jury, beat the government on behalf of the Snapchat brand and tries to find ways to sprinkle a little bit of "magic" into his career as a trademark litigator, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 23, 2024

    MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali

    Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's intellectual property practice won a precedent-setting trial on realistically depicting celebrities, preserved a soft drink giant's branding and protected a defense contractor's use of mission-critical software, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 22, 2024

    MVP: Reichman Jorgensen's Reichman And Lehman

    Courtland Reichman and Christine Lehman of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP won a $525 million patent infringement trial against Amazon and secured an $84 million verdict in another patent infringement case against tech giant VMware in the span of a year, earning them a spot as 2024 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 21, 2024

    MVP: Brooks Kushman's Christopher Smith

    Brooks Kushman PC shareholder Christopher Smith has won a series of Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings for Ford Motor Co. and helped the automaker cut a $105 million jury verdict down to $3, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2024 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 20, 2023

    MVP: Pryor Cashman's Donald S. Zakarin

    Donald Zakarin of Pryor Cashman LLP is a music industry veteran who has spent the past year defending Ed Sheeran from various, high- and low-profile infringement accusations, landing him a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 19, 2023

    MVP: Goodwin's Elaine Blais

    Goodwin Procter LLP's Elaine Blais helped Teva Pharmaceuticals win a since-overturned verdict in a patent case against Eli Lilly & Co. over a migraine drug, and also got a win for GE in a fight over light bulbs, earning her a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • October 18, 2023

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Brian Rosenthal

    Brian Rosenthal at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP was part of a legal team that convinced West Texas' U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to throw out a lawsuit, midtrial, from one of the patent bar's most prolific plaintiffs, earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 intellectual property MVPs.

  • October 17, 2023

    MVP: Baker Botts' Hopkins Guy

    Hopkins Guy at Baker Botts LLP was part of a legal team that convinced a federal judge in Utah to flip a $469 million verdict against Dish Network Corp., earning him a spot among Law360's 2023 intellectual property MVPs.

  • October 16, 2023

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Matt Wolf

    Matt Wolf of Arnold & Porter helped Sanofi and Regeneron land a win over Amgen in a case that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices held that a patent covering a class of processes must provide enough information allowing people to replicate the full scope of the invention, landing him a spot among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property 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.

  • September 12, 2022

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Lucy Jewett Wheatley

    Lucy Jewett Wheatley led a McGuireWoods team that helped longtime client Lexington Home Brands prevail in a trademark infringement suit against a Swedish home textiles company on all of its claims, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 09, 2022

    MVP: Irell & Manella's Jason Sheasby

    Irell & Manella LLP partner Jason G. Sheasby won a $218 million patent infringement verdict for the United Services Automobile Association and notched a $300 million victory for PanOptis, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 08, 2022

    MVP: Erise's Eric Buresh

    Eric Buresh of Erise IP has helped secure numerous victories over the past year, including a complete defense verdict for Sony in a patent infringement lawsuit over its PlayStation consoles, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 07, 2022

    MVP: Durie Tangri's Daralyn J. Durie

    Daralyn Durie served as trial counsel for a Durie Tangri LLP team that secured a $178 million verdict against Novartis for infringing patents on Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary Plexxikon Inc.'s skin cancer treatment drug Zelboraf, earning her a spot among Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 06, 2022

    MVP: Debevoise's David Bernstein

    David Bernstein, the head of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property litigation group, led H&R Block and Fox Sports to victories in high-stakes trademark litigation, earning the bicoastal attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 02, 2022

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2022 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • September 13, 2021

    MVP: DLA Piper's Tamar Duvdevani

    Tamar Duvdevani led a DLA Piper team that helped Dr. Seuss Enterprises score a precedential reversal from the Ninth Circuit, which ruled that a comic book mashup of Dr. Seuss and "Star Trek" was not protected by copyright law's fair use doctrine, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 10, 2021

    MVP: Keker Van Nest's Robert Van Nest

    Robert Van Nest of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP has secured major victories for high-profile tech clients, including Google in a multibillion-dollar copyright lawsuit brought by Oracle over the Android platform, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 09, 2021

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Matthew Wolf

    Arnold & Porter partner Matthew Wolf won a major patent victory for Sanofi and Regeneron at the Federal Circuit and defended the assignor estoppel doctrine at the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 08, 2021

    MVP: Latham's Bert Reiser & David Callahan

    Bert Reiser and David Callahan of Latham & Watkins LLP led a team of global attorneys that successfully secured a $1.8 billion settlement — the largest ever in a trade secrets case — for LG Energy Solution Ltd. in a bitter dispute with its South Korean rival SK Innovation, earning them a spot among Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • September 07, 2021

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Alex Hadjis

    Jenner & Block LLP partner Alex Hadjis helped Roku beat infringement claims in the first patent jury trial overseen by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, earning the Washington, D.C.-based attorney a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • August 30, 2021

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 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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