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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 20, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr.

    On Christmas last year, Robert Giuffra of Sullivan & Cromwell was working on a memo outlining the exposures Volkswagen faced in the U.S. following the revelation a few months prior that it was installing software to cheat emissions standards and how the company could quickly reach a settlement, his work on which earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Simmons Hanly Conroy's Jayne Conroy

    Jayne Conroy of Simmons Hanly Conroy turned a setback in a major medical device litigation into a pair of bellwether victories this year, landing her among Law360's 2016 Product Liability MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Technology MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Kevin P.B. Johnson

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Kevin P.B. Johnson’s year defending a synthetic DNA startup from a trade secrets case and representing Samsung in its long-running patent battles with Apple has earned him a spot among Law360’s Technology MVPs of 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Food & Beverage MVP: Hogan Lovells' Joseph Levitt

    Hogan Lovells partner Joe Levitt’s year helping startups and multinational companies, including Whole Foods, survive Food and Drug Administration investigations and avoid import bans that could shutter the companies has earned him a spot as one of Law360’s Food and Beverage MVPs for 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Davis Wright Tremaine's Laura Handman

    From clearing Yelp of liability for a disgruntled client’s comments about his legal counsel to successfully defending two New York Post reporters from a rapper’s libel charges, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s Laura Handman has spent 2016 fighting for and defending free speech, earning her a spot among Law360’s 2016 Media & Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Sports MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Andrew A. Kassof

    The World Series-winning Chicago Cubs took on a big opponent when local bar owners sought to revive claims over rooftop seating being obstructed by upgrades to the team's world-famous ballpark, but Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Andrew A. Kassof stepped up and put one in the win column for the Cubs, earning him a spot as one of Law360’s Sports MVPs for 2016.

  • December 19, 2016

    Trials MVP: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Josh Krevitt

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Josh Krevitt recently won a high-stakes patent infringement trial for T-Mobile against a plaintiff who had alrady been victorious over two other two carriers for the same patent, landing him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of trial MVPs.

  • December 19, 2016

    Asset Management MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Erica Berthou

    As the global leader of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s investment management group, Erica Berthou has had a busy year raising tens of billions of dollars for some of the biggest names in private equity funds, including Global Infrastructure Partners, Oaktree Capital Management and Blackstone, landing her a place among Law360’s Asset Management MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Media & Entertainment MVP: Katten Muchin's David Halberstadter

    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner David Halberstadter secured a highly publicized First Amendment victory this year involving the Academy Award-winning film “The Hurt Locker,” earning him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Technology MVP: Weil Gotshal's Keith Flaum

    With his work on some of the largest tech deals of the past year, including Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn and Oracle’s multibillion-dollar string of cloud company acquisitions, Keith Flaum of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has once again made Law360's annual list of Law360’s Technology MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Food & Beverage MVP: Skadden's Sean Doyle

    Sean C. Doyle of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advised key clients on more than $15 billion worth of coffee, tea and doughnut deals this year at a time of slowing mergers and acquisitions, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2016 Food and Beverage MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Edward Sassower

    For taking an innovative approach to help fragile oil and gas drilling companies shed debt quickly and advancing the complex restructuring of Energy Future Holdings Corp. while the value of its assets fluctuated wildly, Edward Sassower of Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned his spot on Law360's list of Bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Sports MVPs: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp & Ted Wells

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partners Brad Karp and Theodore Wells guided the NFL to one of the most highly publicized and scrutinized class action settlements in years, ending retired players' claims over cognitive impairments tied to repeated concussions and head injuries, and landing the duo among Law360’s Sports MVPs.

  • December 16, 2016

    Product Liability MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mike Brock

    Trial veteran Robert C. "Mike" Brock of Kirkland & Ellis LLP heads up the team representing General Motors in the ignition switch defect bellwether trials, the first of which came to an unusual and swift end earlier this year and landed him a place on Law360’s Product Liability MVPs of 2016.

  • December 16, 2016

    Trials MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen

    The most intriguing detail of Lori Cohen's $28 million trial win for Boston Scientific this February wasn't that eye-popping figure; it was a piece of surprise evidence that helped put the trial in her win column and helped make the Greenberg Traurig rainmaker one of Law360's 2016 Trials MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton

    Nossaman LLP’s Robert Thornton spent the past year successfully defending a $1.8 billion highway project in Phoenix that’s been in the works since 1983, helping the city of Bakersfield, California, defeat challenges to two major highway projects, and fending off opponents of the nation’s largest groundwater banking project, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Environmental MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Competition MVP: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman

    Robins Kaplan LLP’s Hollis Salzman has recovered significant sums for plaintiffs as co-lead counsel in a number of antitrust multidistrict litigations, including a total of $1.2 billion in settlements for businesses that accused airlines of fixing cargo prices, earning her a place on Law360’s 2016 list of Competition MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

    Between his successfully defending Cablevision against a host of unfair labor practice charges, sparing Ford from retirement plan headaches and literally co-writing the book on whistleblower law this year, Gibson Dunn’s Jason C. Schwartz was a shoo-in as a Law360 Employment MVP.

  • December 15, 2016

    Private Equity MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Kevin Rinker

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP corporate partner Kevin Rinker has dived into the health care space this year and last, working with private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC on two major deals that totaled $17.6 billion and helped earn him a spot on Law360’s 2016 list of Private Equity MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    International Trade MVP: Skadden's Ivan Schlager

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Ivan Schlager landed himself on Law360's list of International Trade MVPs with his work on an array of billion-dollar complex cross-border deals for corporate behemoths such as Apex Technology Co. and Nokia Corp.

  • December 15, 2016

    Transportation MVP: Nossaman's Nancy Smith

    Nossaman LLP's Nancy C. Smith bolstered her reputation as an infrastructure financing ace, closing the public-private partnership deal for Maryland's $5.6 billion Purple Line and crafting the design-build contract for Orange County, California's $900 million I-405 improvement project, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Transportation MVPs for 2016.

  • December 15, 2016

    Bankruptcy MVP: Weil Gotshal's Gary Holtzer

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Gary Holtzer represented debtors and creditors alike in some of the biggest bankruptcies of 2016, including multiple billion-dollar oil and gas industry restructurings, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of bankruptcy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Daniel R. Warren

    BakerHostetler partner Daniel R. Warren proved his prowess as a privacy litigator over the past year by relentlessly defending clients like Community Health Systems and Schnucks against data breach litigation, earning him a spot among Law360’s Privacy MVPs.

  • December 15, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Sullivan's Krishna Veeraraghavan

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Krishna Veeraraghavan regularly guides pharmaceutical companies through billion-dollar transactions, including representing cancer drug maker Stemcentrx as AbbVie Inc. purchased it for a record-breaking $9.8 billion, landing him a spot as one of Law360’s Life Sciences MVPs for 2016.

  • December 14, 2016

    Life Sciences MVP: Paul Weiss' Catherine Nyarady

    In 2016 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner Catherine Nyarady litigated groundbreaking cases in the biotechnology and medical space, earning her a place among Law360's Life Sciences MVPs.

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