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.
  • November 12, 2024

    MVP: Proskauer's Christopher Robinson

    Christopher Robinson, a partner with Proskauer Rose LLP, specializes in handling complex secondary transactions, such as advising Blackstone Strategic Partners as a lead investor in the purchase of $5 billion in fund interests from Kaiser Permanente, and was recently named co-head of Proskauer's secondary transactions and liquidity solutions practice — earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

  • November 12, 2024

    MVP: O'Melveny's Benjamin Singer

    Benjamin D. Singer of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped stave off a criminal prosecution against HealthSun Health Plans Inc. and successfully defended other clients in notable False Claims Act litigation, earning him a spot as a 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVP.

  • November 12, 2024

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Barrie Covit

    Barrie Covit of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's fund formation practice helped Lexington Partners break the record for the largest secondaries fund ever raised, at $22.7 billion, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • November 12, 2024

    MVP: deRubertis Law's David M. deRubertis

    Worker-side lawyer David deRubertis, who runs his own firm, says he has helped workers win $526 million in damages from their employers in the past two years alone, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.

  • November 08, 2024

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Melsheimer

    After completing six jury trials and pulling out a win for an app developer suing Google for patent infringement, and a victory for U.S. Well Services over three patents owned by Halliburton, Tom Melsheimer is one of the 2024 Law360 Trial MVPs.

  • November 08, 2024

    MVP: Skadden's Timothy G. Nelson

    Timothy G. Nelson of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has achieved exceptional successes, securing a rare annulment of an award that had dismissed his client Agility's $664 million claim against Iraq and defending a key court win for NextEra Energy against Spain, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • November 08, 2024

    MVP: Latham's Michele D. Johnson

    Michele D. Johnson of Latham & Watkins LLP successfully defended big names like X, formerly known as Twitter, Apple and Peloton from consumer class actions this year, earning herself a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 08, 2024

    MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp

    Brad Karp, chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, led the legal team defending the National Football League in high-profile suits filed by two former head coaches and a former league network reporter, and defended Major League Baseball against a proposed class action over its merchandise licensing agreements, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • November 08, 2024

    MVP: Sidley's Tara Higgins

    Tara Higgins, co-leader of Sidley Austin LLP's global energy practice, represented Invenergy as part of the equity financing needed for the $1.5 billion acquisition of a renewables portfolio from American Electric Power, including 14 projects in 11 states, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: Weil's Drew Tulumello

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Drew Tulumello helped PepsiCo Inc. and subsidiary Frito-Lay Inc. fend off multiple proposed class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, and got a $228 million damages award against BNSF Railway Co. in BIPA litigation wiped out, earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Matthew Hoffman

    Matthew Hoffman of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's insurance and reinsurance practice group helped secure wins for AIG insurers in major areas of coverage litigation involving opioid, COVID-19 and sexual abuse claims, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: Wilkinson Stekloff's Rakesh Kilaru

    Wilkinson Stekloff LLP partner Rakesh Kilaru negotiated a landmark settlement resolving a collection of antitrust class actions over benefits and compensation for NCAA athletes and led post-trial briefing to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict in a lawsuit over the NFL Sunday Ticket television service, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew E. Price

    Matthew E. Price of Jenner & Block LLP's energy practice helped persuade a Pennsylvania federal court to overturn a state commission's denial of a transmission line project that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said would reduce regional congestion, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: King & Spalding's Thomas Sprange KC

    King & Spalding LLP partner Thomas Sprange KC acted as lead counsel for Colombia's state-owned oil company in a dispute with global engineering giant McDermott International Ltd. that ended in a $900 million settlement favoring his client, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    Trials MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michele Maryott

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Michele Maryott led a trial team that defended ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. in a case brought by the Massachusetts attorney general, achieving a favorable settlement against employee misclassification claims and earning herself a spot among the 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.

  • November 07, 2024

    MVP: Keller Rohrback's Ryan McDevitt

    Keller Rohrback LLP's Ryan McDevitt secured a $150 million settlement for drivers suing General Motors over allegedly faulty batteries in Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles that could catch fire, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law36 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Irell's Jason Sheasby And Lisa Glasser

    Lisa Glasser and Jason Sheasby of Irell & Manella LLP's trials practice won three cases in court over just five weeks this spring, resulting in more than half a billion in damages and earning them spots on the list of 2024 Law360 Trials MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: O'Melveny's Mark W. Robertson

    Mark W. Robertson of O'Melveny & Myers LLP has spent the year defending Piedmont Airlines Inc. and American Airlines from proposed class actions and other litigation over overtime, sick leave and other employment issues, earning himself a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Transportation MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Cadwalader's Holly Chamberlain

    Holly Chamberlain led teams from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP in advising major lenders on several significant deals this year, including the origination of three mortgage loans worth a combined $3.1 billion as part of Blackstone's $10 billion take-private transaction of multifamily owner AIR Communities, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Cohen Ziffer's Keith McKenna

    Keith McKenna of Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna won Walmart Inc. defense coverage for underlying opioid lawsuits and helped New York State policyholders enshrine their rights to payback for frivolous insurer suits — earning him a spot among the 2024 Law360 Insurance MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: McGuireWoods' Joanne Katsantonis

    Joanne Katsantonis of McGuireWoods advised Dominion Energy Inc. in negotiating the $14 billion sale of three gas companies to natural gas giant Enbridge, as well as its sale of a 50% noncontrolling interest in the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project for more than $5.6 billion, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Skadden's Boris Bershteyn

    Boris Bershteyn of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP scored a pair of wins for casino hotel clients accused of orchestrating a price-fixing scheme through algorithmic software, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Gibson Dunn's Rahim Moloo

    Rahim Moloo of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's international arbitration practice preserved a San Diego salvage company's $9 billion claim to sunken treasure and secured a $250 million award for an oil refinery investor against Morocco, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs.

  • November 06, 2024

    MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler

    Jeffrey Kessler, co-executive chair at Winston & Strawn LLP, was co-lead counsel for the class of former college athletes that reached a $2.78 billion antitrust settlement that will distribute past name, image and likeness compensation and create an unprecedented revenue-sharing system in college sports, and led a court challenge to international soccer's ban on competition outside the teams' home nations, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVPs.

  • November 05, 2024

    MVP: Norton Rose's Jeffrey Webb

    Jeffrey Webb of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP helped a Marathon Petroleum Corp. unit fend off trespassing claims against its pipeline in western North Dakota and challenge federal government decisions related to it, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Energy MVPs.

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