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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, 2020

    MVP: Latham & Watkins' Alice Fisher

    Alice Fisher of Latham & Watkins LLP secured a $3.5 million settlement for Pacira Pharmaceuticals on claims that the company had engaged in civil and criminal violations related to its Exparel pain management drug, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 27, 2020

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander

    In the billion-dollar 1MDB embezzlement scandal, Andrew Levander of Dechert LLP got a settlement for a former Goldman Sachs senior executive that did not include criminal charges or fines, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 26, 2020

    MVP: Covington & Burling's Steve Fagell

    Steve Fagell of Covington & Burling LLP's white collar practice guided several global companies through government investigations, securing declinations to prosecute for Uber Technologies Inc. and pharmaceutical companies Roche and Alexion, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 White Collar MVPs.

  • October 04, 2020

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 12, 2019

    MVP: Kaplan Hecker's Sean Hecker

    Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP's Sean Hecker earned a rare acquittal of market manipulation allegations against a Barclays trader, and he's helped build a robust white collar practice at his emerging boutique firm, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 11, 2019

    MVP: Schiff Hardin's Maggie Hickey

    Schiff Hardin LLP's Maggie Hickey was chosen to oversee court-ordered reforms at the Chicago Police Department and investigated sexual misconduct in the city's public schools and the Illinois statehouse this year, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 10, 2019

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Lorin L. Reisner

    Lorin Reisner of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's white collar practice successfully navigated federal criminal and regulatory investigations for a real estate investment trust executive and The Blackstone Group Inc., leading them away from criminal charges and toward favorable settlements and earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 09, 2019

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Joan McPhee

    As a founder of Ropes & Gray LLP's government enforcement practice, Joan McPhee has been spearheading white collar defense and government investigation matters for nearly 30 years. Her work on a 10-month investigation into decades of sexual abuses by former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar recently earned her honors from the Women's White Collar Defense Association, along with a spot among Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 06, 2019

    MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's Bradley J. Bondi represented Tesla in a fast-moving enforcement matter over an errant Elon Musk tweet, and helped Bausch Health avoid a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission penalty altogether, making him one of Law360's 2019 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 08, 2019

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 14, 2018

    MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Marc Mukasey

    Marc Mukasey of Greenberg Traurig LLP outmaneuvered the U.S. Department of Justice in two high-profile cases this year, including a jury acquittal in a speedy trial in which his client was facing up to 25 years in prison for commodities fraud, a feat that has landed him among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 13, 2018

    MVP: Fox Rothschild's Patrick J. Egan

    Fox Rothschild LLP partner Patrick J. Egan used his trial chops to get an executive out of a $1 million tax mess and negotiated a creative resolution in another tax case with three degrees of separation from President Donald Trump, making him one of Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 12, 2018

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew J. Levander

    Andrew J. Levander of Dechert LLP represented Robert Diamond, the former chairman of Barclays, successfully defending him from a class action over the bank's dark pool trading operations and in a criminal investigation over financings with Qatari investors among other matters, once again earning him a spot as one of Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 11, 2018

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William A. Burck

    William A. Burck of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP found himself in the eye of the hurricane surrounding the production of documents in the contentious confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this year, making him one of Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 10, 2018

    MVP: Debevoise's David A. O'Neil

    David A. O'Neil of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP earned his place among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs by guiding Twitter through government investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and by brokering the first-ever Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolution with an Asian country, among other major achievements this year.

  • December 07, 2018

    MVP: Covington's Nancy Kestenbaum

    Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP co-leads the high-profile investigation into sexual abuse claims at CBS and has helped private schools in similar reviews while maintaining a traditional defense practice, putting her among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.

  • November 21, 2018

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • December 21, 2017

    MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Reid Weingarten

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP’s Reid Weingarten has duked it out in courtrooms and finessed his way through conference rooms over the past year on behalf of clients ranging from a millionaire accused of bribery to an elderly Turkish cleric living in the Poconos, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 20, 2017

    MVP: Willkie's Michael Schachter

    Michael Schachter of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has scored a series of wins this year, including the rare reversal of a conviction in a case involving former Rabobank employees accused of manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate, landing him among Law360’s 2017 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 19, 2017

    MVP: Seward & Kissel's Rita Glavin

    Rita Glavin of Seward & Kissel LLP shepherded former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Executive Director Stephen DiCarmine through his three-month-long retrial in New York state court and got him acquitted on charges including securities fraud and conspiracy, earning her a spot among Law360’s 2017 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 18, 2017

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's William Burck

    From helping Brazilian industrial giant Odebrecht SA survive a multinational corruption investigation to representing top White House personnel in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, William Burck of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been in demand, landing a spot on Law360's list of White Collar MVPs.

  • December 15, 2017

    MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander

    Dechert LLP’s Andrew J. Levander steered Takata to a $1 billion settlement in a criminal case over potentially fatal air bag inflators and represented Fox News in sexual harassment litigation over the past year, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 White Collar MVPs.

  • December 14, 2017

    MVP: Haynes And Boone's David Siegal

    David Siegal, co-chair of Haynes and Boone LLP's white collar practice, exposed a fatal flaw in Manhattan federal prosecutors' high-profile case against private equity executive Benjamin Wey this year, getting the charges dismissed and earning a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.

  • December 08, 2017

    The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs

    Law360's MVP award goes to attorneys who have distinguished themselves from their peers in litigation, deals and other complex matters. Find the MVPs at your firm here.

  • December 08, 2017

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2017 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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