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.
  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Debevoise's Catherine Amirfar

    Catherine Amirfar led a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP team that obtained a favorable resolution for Qatar in a human rights dispute with four neighboring countries over an allegedly unlawful blockade, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Hannah H. England (Freeman)

    Hannah H. England (Freeman) of Ropes & Gray LLP has advised on a number of complex transactions in the biopharma sector, including UniQure's licensing deal with CSL Behring over gene therapy for patients with hemophilia B, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Life Sciences MVPs.

  • September 17, 2021

    MVP: Goodwin Procter's Bradley C. Weber

    Brad Weber of Goodwin Procter LLP steered landmark offerings over the past year, including a $1.6 billion initial public offering from Qualtrics International Inc., which spun off from software giant SAP America Inc., and fintech startup Marqeta Inc.'s $1.2 billion IPO, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Capital Markets MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Taurie Zeitzer

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner and practice co-chair Taurie M. Zeitzer spent 2021 guiding such high-profile deals as Apollo Global Management's $5 billion acquisition of Verizon Media and the $4.8 billion Univision-Grupo Televisa combination, landing her a place among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cravath's Lauren A. Moskowitz

    Lauren Moskowitz of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped guide The Weinstein Co. to a resolution of its high-profile Chapter 11 case, along with getting Dutch retail giant HEMA BV U.S. recognition for its bankruptcy case and toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. an administrative recovery in Sears' Chapter 11, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    Over the past year, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Theane Evangelis spearheaded the legal team that convinced the Ninth Circuit to roll back a record-breaking $102 million judgment against Walmart over alleged pay stub violations, earning her a spot among Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: O'Melveny's Steve Brody

    Steve Brody led an O'Melveny & Myers LLP team in helping to convince a New Jersey appeals court that Brody's client, Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Inc., didn't get a fair shake when the lower court allowed regulatory evidence to be withheld, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore J. Leopold

    Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped secure a $641 million partial settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis that received preliminary approval earlier this year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Arnold & Porter's Soo-Mi Rhee

    Arnold & Porter partner Soo-Mi Rhee secured leniency agreements with three different government agencies in Brazil to resolve corruption-related charges against Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and helped a global financial institution escape monetary penalty for alleged violations of sanctions laws, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes

    Cooley LLP's Michael Rhodes steered Facebook through final approval of a $650 million settlement resolving claims that its face-scanning feature breached Illinois' biometric privacy law, and continues to be a go-to lawyer for other tech giants facing novel privacy allegations, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 16, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Robert Loigman

    Robert S. Loigman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is representing 10 investment managers against Citibank NA's attempts to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars it mistakenly wired to Revlon Inc. lenders last summer, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Patrick J. Ryan

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Patrick Ryan advised major banks that helped finance multibillion-dollar deals aimed at creating the nation's second-biggest media company, the continent's first U.S.-Canada-Mexico rail network and the world's biggest aircraft lessor, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Juan Morillo

    Juan Morillo of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped a Swiss bank avoid criminal charges as it navigates the fallout from the 1MDB scandal and is helping Mexican industrial executives fight alleged government takeovers of their businesses, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 White Collar MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Hausfeld's James Pizzirusso

    James Pizzirusso of Hausfeld LLP's cybersecurity and privacy practice secured groundbreaking decisions in a Marriott data breach lawsuit involving the theft of 25 million passport numbers, and also drove Equifax to change its business security practices as part of a $1.5 billion settlement with consumers, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Kirkland's Joshua Sussberg

    Joshua A. Sussberg of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spent the last year dealing with a run of bankruptcy cases as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the retail sector, successfully reorganizing industry giants like JCPenney in a challenging environment, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Suz Mac Cormac

    Suz Mac Cormac of Morrison & Foerster LLP has advised on a bevy of multibillion-dollar deals, including an investment in clean energy company Uplight that valued the business at $1.5 billion, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Morgan & Morgan's James Young

    Morgan & Morgan's James Young secured a record $65 million settlement for the state of Montana against Big Tobacco that set a model for other states using false claims law principles to make similar deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Nossaman's Paul Weiland

    Paul Weiland of Nossaman LLP's environmental practice has advised a California county with regard to the largest proposed dam removal project in American history and delivered a huge win on a closely watched endangered species lawsuit involving bumblebees, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 15, 2021

    MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Kelly M. Dermody

    Kelly M. Dermody of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped successfully sue the federal government to secure more than $1.5 billion in CARES Act economic stimulus payments for incarcerated Americans, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Davis Polk's John Amorosi

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's John Amorosi helped steer a Symphony Technology Group-led consortium's purchase of RSA from Dell Technologies for more than $2 billion and advised Roper Technologies with its $5 billion acquisition of insurance software provider Vertafore, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Private Equity MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mitchell Eitel

    Mitchell Eitel of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as lead counsel in one of the largest U.S. banking acquisitions since 2008, Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's sale of its U.S. subsidiary to PNC for $11.5 billion, earning him a spot among Law360's 2021 Banking MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Pillsbury's Matthew Morrison

    Matthew Morrison of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP represented the Renewable Fuels Association before the U.S. Supreme Court and helped Valero Energy Corp. negotiate a $2.85 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over refinery pollution, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Environmental MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: BakerHostetler's David A. Carney

    BakerHostetler partner David A. Carney has helped Excellus BlueCross BlueShield stave off a proposed class of customers seeking to recover damages over a data breach and Assured Imaging LLC escape claims over a ransomware attack, earning him a place among Law360's 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Debevoise's Sue Meng

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's Sue Meng led a team advising Discovery Inc. on its $130 billion dollar acquisition of Warner Media while simultaneously navigating the complexities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.

  • September 14, 2021

    MVP: Venable's Craig A. Thompson

    Representing some of the biggest medical companies in the world, such as Merck & Co. in litigation over its shingles vaccine Zostavax and Takeda Pharmaceuticals in multidistrict litigation over its proton pump inhibitors, has earned Venable's Craig A. Thompson a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Product Liability MVPs.

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