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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has been involved in several high-profile class action cases, including a $25 million settlement with Samsung and Toshiba after the companies were accused of collectively raising prices of optical disk drives. These accomplishments landed him among Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Boies Schiller's Karen Dunn
Karen Dunn of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP shepherded Uber through a high-profile trade secrets case against Google's Waymo over self-driving car technology, hailing a spot on the list of Law360's 2018 Technology MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Bass Berry's Angela Humphreys
Bass Berry & Sims PLC's health care partner Angela Humphreys served an integral role in WellCare Health Plans Inc.'s $2.5 billion acquisition of Meridian Health Plans Inc., earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Health MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Skadden's Richard Youle
Richard Youle of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP was a central figure in spearheading private equity firm HgCapital through a $5.3 billion consortium-led deal that bought up a stake in Norwegian software company Visma, making him one of Law360's 2018 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Holland & Knight's Stacie Goeddel
Holland & Knight LLP partner Stacie Goeddel demonstrated her gift for helping clients with complicated mixed-use developments over the past year, earning a spot among Law360's 2018 Hospitality MVPs with achievements like aiding Marriott with the takeover of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Freshfields' Elliot Friedman
After years of arbitration and enforcement litigation Elliot Friedman of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP secured a $2 billion settlement from Venezuela's state-run oil company for an oil investor, ending collection efforts on island refineries in the Caribbean and landing him among Law360's 2018 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis
Victoria Maroulis, the managing partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Silicon Valley office, helped close the door on a seven-year smartphone IP case that culminated in a historic settlement, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Telecommunications MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Cozen O'Connor's Andrew Kay
Andrew Kay's work with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bore fruit over the past year for the life insurer and financial-products company with not one but two industry-affecting wins, making Kay one of Law360's 2018 Insurance MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Lieberman
David Lieberman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been involved in several high-profile energy cases, including representing Vistra Energy Corp. in a $20 billion merger with Dynegy Inc. and helping Global Infrastructure Partners acquire NRG Energy's renewable energy business, landing him among Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Arnold & Porter's James Speyer
James Speyer, a partner at Arnold & Porter's consumer protection and antitrust practice, secured major victories on behalf of Kohl's Department Stores in two false price advertising cases, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Retail & E-Commerce MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Covington's Nancy Kestenbaum
Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP co-leads the high-profile investigation into sexual abuse claims at CBS and has helped private schools in similar reviews while maintaining a traditional defense practice, putting her among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Kirkland's James Hurst
James Hurst of Kirkland & Ellis LLP spearheaded several signature trial wins this year, including reversing AbbVie's fortunes in a crucial bellwether over testosterone gel and helping a Bristol-Myers Squibb unit fend off a potential billion-dollar trade secrets allegation, landing him among Law360's 2018 Trials MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's John Browne
John Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements this past year for investors through securities class actions against companies like Clovis Oncology Inc., Amedisys Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, putting him among Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Munger Tolles' Kelly M. Klaus
Kelly M. Klaus, a litigation partner at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, pushed FX Networks to a major victory for docudrama filmmakers in a suit brought by screen legend Olivia de Havilland alleging that the network improperly portrayed her, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Fox Rothschild's Nicholas Casiello Jr.
Fox Rothschild LLP's Nicholas Casiello Jr. represented Seminole HR Holdings and MGM this past year, securing a casino operating license for Hard Rock in Atlantic City and advising on the $850 million purchase of a casino and racetrack in Yonkers, New York, for MGM, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Hospitality MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler
Brian Stadler, a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, has spent the past year guiding longtime clients like Blackstone Group LP to multiple multibillion-dollar deals, including a handful of the largest private equity transactions of the year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2018 Private Equity MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Latham's Stuart Kurlander
Stuart Kurlander, a health and life science partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and ex-global co-chair of the practice, helped Abbott Laboratories ensure its glucose monitor is eligible for Medicare reimbursements and steered the healthcare regulatory considerations of global investment fund KKR through several high-profile acquisitions, including WebMD and a $9 billion deal for Envision, earning him a spot as a Law360 2018 Health MVP.
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December 07, 2018
MVP: Freshfields' Noiana Marigo
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP partner and co-head of the firm's Latin America practice Noiana Marigo helped a ConocoPhillips Co. subsidiary score a $337 million deal to resolve a long-running dispute over Ecuador's expropriation of two oil fields, earning her a spot among Law360's 2018 International Arbitration MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jane Byrne
Jane M. Byrne guided three companies through a rare insurance trial and secured several victories outside of court this year, adding to her already crowded list of achievements and landing the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney among Law360's 2018 Insurance MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Boies Schiller's William Isaacson
William A. Isaacson of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP won rounds, and battles, this year in major antitrust cases, including a major class action and a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning him the title as one of Law360's 2018 Competition MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew Price
Matthew Price of Jenner & Block LLP won court victories for programs in New York and Illinois that put in place incentives for nuclear power plants and secured a victory in the Illinois Supreme Court that helped define what counted as a utility, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Energy MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Weil's Paul Wessel
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Paul Wessel advised corporations on the executive compensation and benefits issues involved in several multibillion dollar transactions this year, leading an attorney team that helped companies navigate bankruptcies, restructurings and acquisitions and nabbing a spot on Law360's 2018 Benefits MVPs in the process.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sharon Nelles
Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP beat back challenges to Volkswagen AG's $10 billion emissions settlement at the Ninth Circuit and notched a series of wins for the German automaker in state suits that piled up in the wake of the deal's approval, landing her among Law360's 2018 Transportation MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Kirkland's Dale Cendali
Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis LLP has been involved in several high-profile media and entertainment cases, including representing Fox News Network in a major case concerning copyright fair use law. These accomplishments have landed her among Law360's 2018 Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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December 06, 2018
MVP: Morgan Lewis' Susan Feigin Harris
Susan Feigin Harris of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has gone to bat for children's hospitals, scoring wins for them this year in D.C. federal court and at the Fourth Circuit, helping vacate rules that limited the amount of Medicaid reimbursements those hospitals received and earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Health MVPs.