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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.