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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.
  • 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.

  • December 08, 2016

    IP MVP: Paul Hastings' Joseph O'Malley

    Joseph O'Malley of Paul Hastings LLP secured a victory for Helsinn Healthcare SA in a patent suit against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. that established groundbreaking precedent on the on-sale bar rule under the America Invents Act, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of IP MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    IP MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Irell & Manella LLP partner Morgan Chu won a $234 million patent verdict against Apple and helped Skechers beat back trademark litigation from Nike’s Converse, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    IP MVP: Kaye Scholer's James Blank

    Kaye Scholer LLP’s James Blank not only helped clear Nintendo in long-running patent litigation involving its 3DS video game system, but also secured a first-of-its-kind decision at the Federal Circuit for a cable systems company, landing himself among Law360’s Intellectual Property MVPs for 2016.

  • December 05, 2016

    IP MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Garrard Beeney

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Garrard Beeney led Stryker Corp. to victory in a U.S. Supreme Court case that made it easier for patent owners to recover enhanced damages in infringement suits and strengthened patent rights, earning himself a spot on Law360’s list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 02, 2016

    IP MVP: Steptoe & Johnson's Michael Allan

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Michael J. Allan won a closely watched music copyright case against Cox Communications and continued to represent top fashion brands in trademark matters, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 22, 2016

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2016 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals. Here is a list of this year's Law360 MVPs.

  • November 25, 2015

    The MVPs Of IP Law

    The successes of these elite attorneys in high-stakes litigation earned them a spot in the Intellectual Property category of Law360's 2015 MVP Awards.

  • November 18, 2015

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    Helping Apple secure major victories in its patent infringement litigation against Samsung and representing Ford in its win in the company's largest patent litigation in its history has earned WilmerHale's Bill Lee a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 17, 2015

    IP MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Carlo Van Den Bosch

    Sheppard Mullin's Richter & Hampton LLP's Carlo F. Van den Bosch this year became the first lawyer in nearly a decade to argue — and win — a trademark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, successfully representing Hana Bank in a dispute involving the use of its name, earning him a spot on Law360's 2015 list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 16, 2015

    IP MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven

    Charles K. Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP recently helped set a new standard for pausing patent litigation in district courts while the validity of the patent at issue is reviewed before the patent office, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of IP MVPs for 2015.

  • November 13, 2015

    IP MVP: Perkins Coie's Shannon Bloodworth

    Perkins Coie LLP partner Shannon M. Bloodworth won two big pharmaceutical patent victories for Mylan Laboratories at the Federal Circuit in the past year, easily landing her a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 12, 2015

    IP MVPs: Paul Hastings' Naveen Modi And Gerald Flattmann

    From defeating a hedge fund manager's American Invents Act challenges to Acorda Therapeutics Inc. patents to successfully defending Galderma Laboratories Inc. patents in an inter partes review, Paul Hastings LLP's Naveen Modi and Gerald Flattmann have had a busy year of wins at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, landing them among Law360's 2015 IP MVPs.

  • November 10, 2015

    IP MVP: Orrick's Peter Bicks

    In the past year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Peter A. Bicks has successfully defended Dish Network Corp. against a copyright suit by major broadcasters seeking to shut down its Hopper DVR and won more than $5 million in attorneys' fees for Dow Agrosciences after protecting the company's herbicide-resistant soybeans from Bayer CropScience's patent challenge, earning him a spot on Law360's list of intellectual property MVPs.

  • November 09, 2015

    IP MVPs: MoFo's Rachel Krevans And Grant Esposito

    Rachel Krevans and Grant Esposito of Morrison & Foerster LLP nabbed a major victory this year for pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. in a high-stakes battle over the Affordable Care Act’s approval pathway for biosimilars, landing them a spot on Law360's 2015 IP MVPs.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 03, 2014

    IP MVP: Harness Dickey's Rudolph Telscher

    By guiding Octane Fitness LLC to a U.S. Supreme Court victory in a case that made it easier for courts to award attorneys' fees in meritless patent infringement cases, Harness Dickey & Pierce PLC principal Rudolph Telscher has earned himself a spot on Law360's list of intellectual property MVPs.

  • December 02, 2014

    IP MVP: Knobbe Martens' Joseph Re

    Having successfully represented medical monitoring company Masimo Corp. in a series of patent suits — including one that led to a $467 million infringement verdict against two Koninklijke Philips NV units — Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP partner Joseph Re has landed himself among Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 01, 2014

    IP MVP: Paul Weiss' Catherine Nyarady

    Representing Edwards Lifesciences AG in court battles with Medtronic Inc. over heart valve patents and helping to secure a more than $1 billion settlement between the medical device companies has earned Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Catherine Nyarady a place on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 26, 2014

    IP MVP: Erise IP's Jason Mudd

    Erise IP’s Jason Mudd was one of the attorneys to help Garmin International Inc. win the first-ever decision issued under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s new inter partes review process and represented Ford Motor Co. in other high-profile cases, landing him a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 25, 2014

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    WilmerHale's Bill Lee secured $410 million in damages for Apple Inc. in two separate patent trials against arch rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and got a $368 million infringement verdict against Apple set aside in another case, earning a spot among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs for the fourth straight year.

  • November 24, 2014

    IP MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Rachel Krevans

    Rachel Krevans of Morrison & Foerster LLP played a key role in securing jury verdicts of more than $1 billion for Apple Inc. in its patent wars with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and nabbed victories in other cases before the Federal Circuit, landing a spot among Law360’s Intellectual Property MVPs.

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