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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 14, 2017
MVP: O'Melveny's Daniel Petrocelli
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Daniel Petrocelli landed a massive win that helped shape the music industry when New York's highest appeals court ruled that radio companies like SiriusXM are not required to pay to broadcast pre-1972 recordings over the air, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Media & Entertainment MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Matthew Hurd
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's longtime partner Matthew Hurd led the Netherlands-based health technology giant Royal Philips in its $2.2 billion acquisition of U.S. medical device company The Spectranetics Corp. over the past year and is currently guiding Bayer AG in its planned $66 billion takeover of Monsanto Co., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Hughes Hubbard's James Dabney
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP’s James Dabney persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to put limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed, a decision that upended almost 30 years of established practice and has changed the patent litigation map, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Covington's Mark Plotkin
Covington & Burling LLP partner Mark E. Plotkin spent the past year securing U.S. government approval for a litany of billion-dollar overseas transactions with sensitive security implications, headlined by the $3.2 billion sale of Intersil Corp. to Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp., earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: McKool Smith's Kenneth Frenchman
McKool Smith PC’s Kenneth Frenchman has helped policyholders access hundreds of millions of dollars from contested insurance policies over the past year, including a major win in the Superior Court of New Jersey that unlocked $400 million for the NJ Transit Corp., earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Craig Margolis
Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Craig Margolis has guided defense contractors through False Claims Act and other fraud litigation in the past year, including helping KBR Inc. beat a former employee’s long-running suit accusing the company of accepting kickbacks, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Irell & Manella's David Schwarz
Irell & Manella LLP’s David Schwarz has represented California agricultural growers in complex cases that raised constitutional questions this year, including a win at the Ninth Circuit for two of the largest growers in the nation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Morgan Lewis' James Dragna
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s James J. Dragna has helped various clients navigate complex environmental proceedings in the past year on issues ranging from a natural gas leak in California to a case involving the allocation of cleanup costs at a San Diego site, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Skadden's Frank Bayouth
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Frank Bayouth helped several clients close major transactions in the energy sector this year, including two multibillion-dollar deals within a month of each other, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Energy MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Littler Mendelson's Maury Baskin
Littler Mendelson PC’s Maury Baskin played a central role in stopping some of the Obama administration’s signature labor policies in their tracks over the past year, including a controversial overtime rule and a regulation that would have required government contractors to report labor law violations, making him one of Law360’s Employment MVPs for 2017.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Lieff Cabraser's Michael Sobol
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s Michael Sobol scored a significant win for consumers this year when he helped secure a $115 million settlement for those impacted by the massive Anthem data breach, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Saul P. Morgenstern
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s Saul P. Morgenstern has spent the past year defending a trove of industry giants, from Penguin Group to Norfolk Southern, against individual and class action antitrust claims while helping others nip claims in the bud, landing him among Law360’s 2017 Competition MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Steven Toll won major settlements for investors over the past year, including a $175 million agreement with BP over shares sold during the company’s 2010 oil spill and a $165 million deal with big banks over practices that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Nicole Greenblatt successfully guided the reorganization of shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc. this summer in a case that gave struggling brick-and-mortar operations hope for survival in an increasingly precarious industry, earning her a spot on Law360’s list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2017.
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December 14, 2017
MVP: Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam
Williams & Connolly LLP’s Kannon Shanmugam has scored wins for multiple clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and the circuit courts in the past year, including two high court victories that narrowed the scope of challenges facing debt collectors, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: McGuireWoods' Gregory Evans
McGuireWoods LLP's Gregory Evans has helped his longtime client Asarco LLP deal with its CERCLA liability by quickly settling with the government and then pursuing other potentially responsible parties in the wake of its bankruptcy, winning appeals court cases that have solidified the approach and landing among Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Perkins Coie's David Biderman
Perkins Coie LLP's David T. Biderman has made a name for himself as a founder and chair of the firm's food litigation group, which beat back labeling suits against the likes of General Mills and Mott's while growing its ranks and clout this year, helping him land a spot among Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Boies Schiller's Michael Gottlieb
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP's Michael Gottlieb, who launched the firm's cybersecurity group in 2013, recently defended identity theft protection company LifeLock Inc. while establishing a "fake news" cybersecurity subpractice, earning him a place among Law360’s 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: King & Spalding's Simon Cowled
King & Spalding LLP's Simon Cowled has advised buyers and sellers on more than $8.5 billion in energy merger and acquisition transactions in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond in the past year, landing him among Law360's 2017 Energy MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's Lynne Hermle again showed why she's become one of the go-to employment attorneys in Silicon Valley this year, winning two verdicts for Tesla founder Elon Musk's SpaceX to land herself among Law360's 2017 Employment MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Finnegan's James Barney
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP’s James Barney has been a key player in the patent community this year, and his recent Federal Circuit victory for Aqua Products, which pushed the burden of proving patentability in inter partes review proceedings onto the petitioner, has earned him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Arnold & Porter's J. David Park
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s J. David Park has represented Samsung Electronics, Toray Chemical and other foreign respondents in trade remedies litigation this year, navigating the challenges of working under an administration that, he says, has become much more aggressive, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 International Trade MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Craig Holman
Craig Holman, head of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's government contracts and national security practices, has handled a wide variety of contracting disputes over his 23-year career, and his recent wins on behalf of Johnson Controls, L3 Technologies and a nonprofit serving the significantly disabled landed him a spot among Law360's 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: McKool Smith's Adam Ziffer
McKool Smith PC principal Adam Ziffer has notched wins for multiple clients this year in cases involving novel insurance issues, including securing $50 million in class action coverage for retirement services giant TIAA, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Insurance MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Jenner & Block's Andrew Bart
Jenner & Block LLP's Andrew H. Bart earned a big Second Circuit win for Capitol Records on cutting-edge Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues over the past year, earning the veteran music industry attorney a place on Law360's list of Media & Entertainment MVPs.