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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Stroock's Julia Strickland
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s Julia B. Strickland has had a busy year both as an ace litigator who delivered courtroom victories for JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and others and as an expert counselor who steered clients through turbulent regulatory waters, securing her a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Weil's Matt Barr
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Matt Barr led efforts to bridge the debtor-creditor divide across some of the year’s biggest bankruptcy cases, from working for unsecured creditors in SunEdison’s massive Chapter 11 to guiding global investment holding company China Fishery Group’s $2 billion debt restructuring, netting him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman has had a stellar year, settling multiple class actions against big entities like the NCAA and U.S. Soccer and litigating suits against Stericycle and diabetes drug companies, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Susman Godfrey's Marc Seltzer
Susman Godfrey LLP's Marc Seltzer secured hundreds of millions of dollars in antitrust settlements over the past year for auto parts buyers in the massive price-fixing litigation and animators fighting the likes of Disney and Pixar over alleged “no poach” deals, landing him among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
MVP: Orrick's Josh Rosenkranz
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's E. Joshua Rosenkranz notched appellate victories for clients this year that included unanimous U.S. Supreme Court wins in a case over whether sheriff's officers used excessive force and a dispute concerning Fannie Mae’s ability to move suits to federal court, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Covington's Raymond Biagini
Raymond Biagini's representation of defense contractor KBR in long-running multidistrict litigation showcased the Covington & Burling LLP partner's expertise at the intersection of tort and federal contracting law, helping land him a spot on Law360's 2017 Government Contracts MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Holland & Hart's Chuck Cotter
Holland & Hart LLP’s Chuck Cotter is helping natural food startups and already-established brands disrupt the consumer packaged goods market with deals like a large funding initiative for aquaculturists selling frozen fish, landing him among Law360's 2017 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Latham's George Mihlsten
Latham & Watkins LLP's George Mihlsten notched several big wins in 2017, from helping pave the way for a massive new residential and commercial development in Los Angeles County that had been bound up in the courts for years to assisting in improvements at Universal Studios theme park, securing him a place as one of Law360's 2017 Environmental MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Kirkland's Andrew Calder
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Andrew Calder helped guide a host of multibillion-dollar energy deals to completion during the past year, including a novel development tie-up between private equity giant Blackstone and oil and gas driller Sanchez Energy and the sale of bankrupt Texas utility Energy Future Holdings, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Energy MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Seyfarth's Jon Meer
Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Jon Meer has secured numerous victories for companies in wage-related class actions recently, including a significant win in a “bag check” case for shoe giant Nike, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2017 Employment MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes helped swat away, for good, $15 billion multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook of unlawfully tracking users, while defending the makers of “Pokemon Go” from novel claims that sending users to real-life locations in pursuit of virtual creatures encouraged trespassing, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: White & Case's Christopher Curran
White & Case LLP’s Christopher M. Curran continued his work for Toshiba Corp. this year, defending against a series of alleged cartel cases involving electronic components, and he also scored a big win for Nestle Purina Petcare Co. in a suit over the pricing of prescription pet food, landing him a spot among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Taft Stettinius' Robert Bilott
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's Robert Bilott was the driving force behind litigation over the dumping of a cancer-linked chemical that led to a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and spinoff Chemours this year, making him one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Deanne Maynard
As co-chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP’s appellate and Supreme Court practice, Deanne Maynard notched several big victories this year at the high court and the Ninth Circuit, including a decision that speeds the path to market for biosimilar medicines, securing her a place among Law360’s 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andy Dietderich
Among his key contributions in large restructuring cases over the past year, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Andy Dietderich was instrumental in putting together a complex deal that allowed renewable energy giant SunEdison Inc. to confirm a Chapter 11 plan, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2017 Bankruptcy MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
MVP: Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP’s Howard Cayne has scored several wins representing the Federal Housing Finance Agency before state and federal courts in the past year, including defeating attempts by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders to declare the agency unconstitutional, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Jay Goffman shepherded SunEdison through an enormously complicated bankruptcy and completed a six-day billion-dollar prepack for a foreign vodka company this year, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs for 2017.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal
Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas Meal helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a key victory for Media Innovation Group and other internet advertisers in a case involving online tracking while continuing his work steering LabMD through a vital challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's data security enforcement, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Latham's Alfred Pfeiffer
Latham & Watkins LLP's Alfred Pfeiffer helped Cox Communications Inc. defeat a tying antitrust suit over set-top box sales that threatened an industrywide business model, earning him a place among Law360's 2017 Competition MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Montgomery McCracken's Charles Casper
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP’s Charles Casper has scored several major wins this year defending against class action suits for his clients, including a Supreme Court victory in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp
Working as chairman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP isn’t enough for Brad S. Karp. The lawyer has found time the past year to help Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG and other financial titans negotiate settlements and fend off lawsuits with billions of dollars on the line, making him one of Law360’s 2017 Banking MVPs.
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December 11, 2017
MVP: Mayer Brown's Andrew Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP partner Andrew Pincus has argued 27 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including two successful appeals this past year that had major impacts on patent exhaustion and the enforceability of arbitration agreements, earning him a spot among Law360's 2017 Appellate MVPs.
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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.
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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.
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January 03, 2017
Food & Beverage MVP: Patterson Belknap's Steve Zalesin
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP’s Steven A. Zalesin’s helped achieve a trial victory for The Coca-Cola Co. in a seven-year-long pomegranate juice false advertising battle with Pom Wonderful LLC this year, earning him the label of a Law360 2016 Food and Beverage MVP.