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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.
  • November 21, 2014

    IP MVP: Paul Weiss' Nicholas Groombridge

    Veteran intellectual property litigator Nicholas Groombridge of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has many wins under his belt, but a recent $1.1 billion settlement between Edwards Lifesciences AG and Medtronic Inc. ending a lengthy patent war is among the victories that have helped to earn him a spot on Law360’s list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 20, 2014

    IP MVP: McDermott Will & Emery's William Gaede

    When William Gaede of McDermott Will & Emery LLP recently stood at the vanguard of using patent law to open up access to gene-based cancer testing, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Intellectual Property MVPs, Gaede was fulfilling a promise he made to himself nearly 20 years ago.

  • November 19, 2014

    IP MVP: Durie Tangri's Daralyn Durie

    Guiding Google Inc. to a win in a copyright suit over the search giant's Google Books project is just one of the recent accomplishments that earned Durie Tangri LLP's Daralyn Durie a place among Law360's intellectual property MVPs.

  • November 18, 2014

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile 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.

  • November 26, 2013

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's Bill Lee

    Guiding Pfizer Inc. to a settlement where generic-drug makers agreed to pay $2.15 billion to end litigation over an acid reflux drug and helping Apple Inc. obtain the first White House veto of a U.S. International Trade Commission exclusion order since 1987 has landed WilmerHale's Bill Lee on Law360's list of IP MVPs for the third straight year.

  • November 25, 2013

    IP MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Charles Verhoeven

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Charles Verhoeven improved his record of success in front of the Federal Circuit to 15-1-1, thanks to a decision in Microsoft v. ITC and Motorola that blocked the plaintiff from obtaining an exclusion order against the plaintiff, earning him a spot on Law360's 2013 list of IP MVPs.

  • November 22, 2013

    IP MVP: Sidley Austin's David Pritikin

    Sidley Austin LLP's David Pritikin spent the last year defending Microsoft Corp. against a wave of high-stakes litigation brought by Google Inc.'s Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and scored a landmark ruling along the way that is shaping how standard-essential patents are valued, earning him a spot on Law360's 2013 list of IP MVPs.

  • November 21, 2013

    IP MVP: Orrick Herrington's Chris Ottenweller

    As the debate raged on among legislators and policymakers on how to best craft rules to crack down on the activities of so-called patent trolls, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Chris R. Ottenweller was busy in the courtroom making the most of existing litigation techniques, securing key wins for his clients that landed him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • November 22, 2013

    CORRECTED: IP MVP: Mayer Brown's A. John P. Mancini

    Securing court victories that saved his clients, including Google Inc., billions and that led to landmark decisions on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and whether U.S. trade law protected the licensing businesses of “patent trolls” has made A. John P. Mancini of Mayer Brown LLP one of Law360's 2013 Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 19, 2013

    IP MVP: Latham & Watkins' Douglas Lumish

    Having established himself as a go-to attorney in patent trials, Latham & Watkins LLP's Douglas Lumish recently took a leading role in a successful representation of Google Inc. and helped TransPerfect Global Inc. win a $1 million jury verdict in an infringement dispute, landing him among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 15, 2013

    IP MVP: Gibson Dunn's Josh Krevitt

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Josh Krevitt landed on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs for a second year in a row, by once again handling the toughest cases with remarkable success for giants like Apple Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Sharp Corp.

  • November 14, 2013

    IP MVP: Orrick Herrington's Annette Hurst

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette L. Hurst recently added to her already impressive string of victories in major copyright matters by crafting the strategy that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to find that first-sale doctrine extends to products made outside the U.S., earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • November 13, 2013

    IP MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks

    Fish & Richardson PC's Juanita Brooks secured rulings that wiped out a $23.5 million infringement judgment against Fresenius USA Inc. and protected two Allergan Inc. drugs from generic competition, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 12, 2013

    IP MVP: Ropes & Gray's J. Steven Baughman

    Ropes & Gray LLP's J. Steven Baughman helped SAP AG invalidate a key Versata Software Inc. patent in the first-ever decision of an America Invents Act challenge in 2013, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • November 08, 2013

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 13, 2012

    IP MVP: Finnegan Henderson's Donald Dunner

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's Donald R. Dunner deployed his extensive appellate litigation experience to secure a major victory for Akamai Technologies Inc. that will make it easier for patent holders to prove induced infringement in cases involving multiple actors, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    IP MVP: Orrick's Chris R. Ottenweller

    Chris R. Ottenweller of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP successfully defended Apple Inc. at the U.S. International Trade Commission in one of the earliest smartphone patent cases to go to trial and secured a precedent-setting victory for EMC Corp. at the Federal Circuit that put an end to a favorite tactic of patent trolls, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    IP MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Floyd Mandell, already a highly respected trademark law practitioner, secured favorable outcomes over this past year for Microsoft Corp., Skype Inc., retail behemoth Arcadia Group Ltd. and others in a slew of high-profile disputes over their marks, earning him a spot among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's George Lombardi

    Leading the effort to secure a $1 billion jury verdict for Monsanto Co. in a high-profile patent infringement suit against DuPont Co. over herbicide-resistant seed technology, Winston & Strawn LLP's George Lombardi had a banner year that landed him among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    IP MVP: WilmerHale's William Lee

    When the judge overseeing a high-stakes patent battle between Apple Inc. and rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. asked veteran WilmerHale litigator William Lee if he had been “smoking crack,” Lee didn't get flustered — instead he went on to help Apple Inc. win a billion-dollar verdict, earning a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 06, 2012

    IP MVP: Gibson Dunn's Josh Krevitt

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Josh Krevitt steered Apple Inc., AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA out of harm's way in 2012 by fending off major patent infringement cases against the three tech giants, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

  • December 05, 2012

    IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's Michael Elkin

    Over the past year, intellectual property litigator Michael S. Elkin of Winston & Strawn LLP has secured courtroom wins that have not only benefited his media industry clients, but have had a profound effect on the wider new media landscape, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 04, 2012

    IP MVP: Keker & Van Nest's Robert Van Nest

    Robert Van Nest of Keker & Van Nest LLP led Google Inc. to a sweeping victory in a patent and copyright suit brought by Oracle Corp. and represented HTC Corp. in its recently-settled smartphone patent dispute with Apple Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • December 03, 2012

    IP MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu

    Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella LLP secured two major settlements for TiVo Inc. over the past year, striking deals with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. just before separate trials over TiVo's digital video recording patents were set to begin, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.

  • November 30, 2012

    IP MVP: Jones Day's Greg Castanias

    Jones Day's Greg Castanias convinced the Federal Circuit to uphold Myriad Genetics' breast cancer gene patents for a second time in 2012, scoring a victory for the entire biotechnology industry in the patent test case and earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.

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