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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 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 07, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Harder

    Heading Nossaman LLP’s infrastructure practice group, Patrick Harder has represented clients in the past year on projects across California and the United States totaling more than $5 billion, earning a spot among Law360’s Project Finance MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Consumer Protection MVP: Arnold & Porter's James Speyer

    Arnold & Porter LLP partner James F. Speyer cemented his spot among Law360’s Consumer Protection MVPs by successfully defending major retailers against class actions alleging deceptive price comparisons, a feat that included revealing a suit against Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. to be a sham.

  • December 07, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Labaton Sucharow's Jonathan Gardner

    Labaton Sucharow LLP's Jonathan Gardner has built a reputation for stacking up strong cases for investors accusing major companies like Nu Skin and Barrick Gold of securities fraud, netting almost $275 million for his clients last year and earning him a spot among Law360's Class Action MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Banking MVP: Debevoise's Gregory Lyons

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Gregory Lyons helped a wide variety of banks, nonbank firms and trade groups navigate the choppy global regulatory and transactional waters over the course of the last year, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Banking MVPs for 2016.

  • December 07, 2016

    Health MVP: Latham & Watkins' Daniel Meron

    Latham & Watkins LLP partner Daniel Meron brought in a major victory for the University of Massachusetts Medical School when the First Circuit granted it immunity in a False Claims Act suit, and is helping UnitedHealthcare navigate its own FCA litigation, making him one of Law360's Health MVPs of 2016.

  • December 07, 2016

    Telecom MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Peter Karanjia

    Peter Karanjia of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has played a key role over the last year for clients fending off actions from regulators and helping to guide a settlement for Charter Communications as it sought merger deal approval, work that once again earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Telecom MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's Deanna Kirkpatrick

    This year, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Deanna Kirkpatrick helped guide Bats Global Markets Inc. through its $290.6 million initial public offering and then counseled the underwriters for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing service provider Patheon NV's $719 million IPO, landing her a spot among Law360's capital markets MVPs.

  • December 07, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Skadden's Evan Levy

    Evan R. Levy of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has been at the center of numerous high-profile and novel real estate investment trust deals over the past year, and thanks to his work in that area as well as work on myriad private equity and hospitality matters, he has been named among Law360's Real Estate MVPs for 2016.

  • December 07, 2016

    Appellate MVP: Mayer Brown's Andrew Pincus

    Already one of the country’s top appellate litigators, Mayer Brown LLP’s Andy Pincus had a banner year, arguing the blockbuster Spokeo case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, landing him a spot on Law360’s 2016 Appellate MVP list.

  • December 06, 2016

    Banking MVP: Mayer Brown's Matthew Ingber

    Following the financial crisis, Mayer Brown LLP partner Matthew Ingber helped devise a way to settle large numbers of claims brought by investors over alleged misrepresentations regarding residential mortgage-backed securities, a blueprint that recently led to a significant settlement and helped land him among Law360’s 2016 Banking MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Class Action MVP: Gibson Dunn's Theane Evangelis

    By successfully arguing in trial and appellate courts for the application of worker arbitration pacts to help big name clients like Uber and GrubHub Inc. evade expensive employment class action litigation, Gibson Dunn’s Theane Evangelis has earned a spot among Law360's 2016 Class Action MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Mayer Brown's Christopher Erckert

    Putting together groundbreaking project finance deals that span Latin America, Mayer Brown LLP partner Christopher Erckert has once again landed among Law360’s 2016 Project Finance MVPs for his contributions to a cutting-edge solar project in Mexico and influential transmission projects in Chile.

  • 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 06, 2016

    Energy MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer

    Helping guide the construction of multibillion-dollar energy projects around the world, including massive liquefied natural gas export terminals and petrochemical manufacturing facilities, has earned King & Spalding LLP's Scott Greer a spot on the list of Law360's Energy MVPs for the second time in five years.

  • December 06, 2016

    Immigration MVP: Morgan Lewis' A. James Vazquez-Azpiri

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s A. James Vazquez-Azpiri has recently served as lead partner representing companies such as Seagate, Samsung Research America and Applied Materials in sophisticated business immigration matters, earning him a place on Law360's 2016 list of Immigration MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Capital Markets MVP: Jenner & Block's Kevin Collins

    Jenner & Block LLP partner and former athlete Kevin Collins applied his teamwork skills to steering landmark deals over the past year, guiding U.S. Foods’ $1 billion initial public offering and playing securities counsel in Snyder’s-Lance’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Diamond Foods, earning him a spot among Law360's Capital Markets MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Securities MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Salvatore Graziano

    Over the past year, Salvatore Graziano of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has helped investors achieve nearly $1.7 billion in securities settlements with corporate giants such as Merck, landing him a spot among Law360's 2016 Securities MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Telecom MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Gardner Gillespie

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Gardner Gillespie has a long history of representing Charter Communications before regulators and the courts at every level nationwide but this year helped shepherd the biggest deal of his career with the company's $78 billion merger with Time Warner Cable, earning him a spot as a one of Law360's 2016 Telecom MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Appellate MVP: Latham's Gregory Garre

    Latham & Watkins LLP's Gregory Garre served as lead counsel for the University of Texas in its successful U.S. Supreme Court defense against a rejected student applicant's challenge to the school's affirmative action policy, earning him a spot on Law360's 2016 list of appellate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Consumer Protection MVP: Troutman Sanders' John Lynch

    A pair of clutch Fourth Circuit wins on behalf of Wells Fargo and Quicken Loans that clarified West Virginia law on lending, and credit score notifications under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, leave little doubt that Troutman Sanders partner John Lynch belongs on Law360's 2016 list of Consumer Protection MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Real Estate MVP: Kelley Drye's Robert D. Bickford Jr.

    Kelley Drye & Warren LLP partner Robert D. Bickford Jr. worked on two of the biggest real estate deals of the year, a pair of billion-dollar-plus sales of Manhattan skyscrapers for longtime client AXA Financial, helping earn him a spot on Law360's 2016 list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 06, 2016

    Health MVP: Akin Gump's Christopher Keough

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP partner Christopher L. Keough has won back hundreds of millions of dollars for hospitals by deftly navigating the byzantine realm of Medicare reimbursement, placing him among Law360’s Health MVPs of 2016.

  • December 05, 2016

    Securities MVP: Maynard Cooper's Peter Fruin

    Maynard Cooper & Gale LLP partner Peter Fruin had a busy year wrapping up cases related to collapsed Morgan Keegan asset-backed mutual funds, litigation that saw him argue everywhere from a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel to the Sixth Circuit and landed him among Law360's 2016 Securities MVPs.

  • December 05, 2016

    Project Finance MVP: Dentons' Jonathan Ballan

    Dentons US LLP's Jonathan Ballan hit a homerun this year ensuring bond financing on one of the country's most complicated public-private transportation projects, that, when coupled with work going to bat for the New York Yankees on stadium refinancing, makes him one of Law360's 2016 Project Finance MVPs.

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